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Dont you feel its a bit inappropriate for the head of State to go to Clarence House to meet the Prince of Wales?
The Prince should go wherever the President is staying, and meet him, I feel..
Meeting the PM and Queen at their residences is OK, but even the PoW...  |
Nope, not inappropriate at all.
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Originally Posted by vkrish
Dont you feel its a bit inappropriate for the head of State to go to Clarence House to meet the Prince of Wales?
The Prince should go wherever the President is staying, and meet him, I feel..
Meeting the PM and Queen at their residences is OK, but even the PoW... |
If you were Sheikh Khalifa, which would you prefer: To be invited to take tea with the Prince of Wales at Clarence House and be treated to the best hospitality you'll ever get, or to be invited to take tea with the Prince of Wales only for his staff to tell you the next day "by the way, can you supply the tea and...erm...the venue"?
It would be be inappropriate and greatly lacking in protocol for the Prince of Wales to go to an hotel and have everyone sitting around struggling with an electric kettle and trying to get into a packet of two Highland Shorties to dunk in their cuppa!
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The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have welcomed President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Windsor Castle this lunchtime. The visit marks the beginning of a 2 day tour of the UK for the president:
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 01: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales meets with President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan during his visit to Clarence House on May 1, 2013 in London, England. The President of the United Arab Emirates is paying a two-day State visit to the United Kingdom, staying in Windsor Castle as the guest of Her Majesty The Queen from April 30, 2013 to May 1, 2013. (Photo by John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 01: British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) greets the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan in 10 Downing Street on May 1, 2013 in London, England. The President of the United Arab Emirates is paying a two-day State visit to the United Kingdom, staying in Windsor Castle as the guest of Her Majesty The Queen from April 30, 2013 to May 1, 2013. (Photo by Andrew Winning/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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MAY 01: (front L-R) Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minster of State and Masdar City CEO, and the UK Green Investment Bank plc CEO Shaun Kingsbury sign a Memorandum of Understanding to explore project investment opportunities in the UK's clean energy sector with (back L-R) Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court and Greg Barker, UK Energy and Climate Change Minister, at Buckingham Palace, on May 01, 2013 London, England.
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It was a very low key State Luncheon with only four members of the BRF in attendance - The Queen, Philip, Andrew and Edward.
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05-01-2013, 06:41 PM
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Then I guess its just a lunch, rather the silly term "State Luncheon  "
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05-01-2013, 08:40 PM
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It was definitely a State Luncheon as the PM and all members of the Cabinet attended along with the entire suite of the President.
A 'State' occasion doesn't mean that the royal family attend but that the government is involved along with the monarch and hence this was a State Luncheon.
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05-02-2013, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by vkrish
Dont you feel its a bit inappropriate for the head of State to go to Clarence House to meet the Prince of Wales?
The Prince should go wherever the President is staying, and meet him, I feel..
Meeting the PM and Queen at their residences is OK, but even the PoW... |
Hardly inappropriate. In fact it is pretty usual for visiting heads of state to call at Clarence House during their visits to the UK. They did the same thing when the Queen Mother was alive.
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