@OmSigDAVID,
Quote:Does anyone know the reason
that the Queen was not invited, but her son was ?
It seems to have gone thuswise:
1. Gordon Brown was invited by the French. He accepted.
2. With about a week to go, the British found out that Pres Obama had been invited, and had accepted.
3. The British realised that their head of state should be there (Her Madge) but no invitation had been made to her. The British veterans organisations got wind of this, and were affronted.
4. It was too late to get the Queen, and she didn't have an invitation anyway.
5. Pres Obama told the French that the royal household should be represented, at least.
6. Prince Charles stepped into the breach, and they found a place on the platform for him.
Thanks Pres Sarkozy. A word of advice, don't book any trips to the UK for a while.
And thanks to Pres Obama, whose wife apparently gets on well with Her Madge.