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Queen Elizabeth becomes first monarch since 1781 to attend a cabinet meeting

Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 01:52 UTC
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Queen Elizabeth became on Tuesday the first monarch, since 1781, during the US war of independence, to make a historic visit to Downing Street and attend a cabinet meeting. Read full article

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  • willi1

    GOD SHAVE THE QUEEN!

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 11:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    @1 No, she is not TMBOA and your post is juvenile, now piss off back to the shit-hole you call Argentina.

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 12:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    Apparently CFK lodged a complaint to the UN today,
    Complains that she should have been invited to the meeting,

    Claiming argentine overseas sovereignty, aliened to the Falklands.

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 02:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    @3 briton

    And afterwards they could have followed the tradition of how to deal with troublemakers in the old way and have her beheaded at the Tower.

    At least that would have improved her looks!

    LOLs

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 03:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Britworker

    @4
    An old lady who is doing and looks great for her age. Unlike the Botox ridden mess in charge of Argentina.

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 04:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    5 Britworker

    Exactly!

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 06:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • emerald

    Does her Majesty really aware of the Governments and their functions ?

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 06:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pirate Love

    @1 help me out here, what was that sound ringing around the hills of Port stanley on 14 june 1982???
    oh yes i remember......

    God save our gracious Queen!
    Long live our noble Queen!
    God save the Queen!
    Send her victorious,
    Happy and glorious,
    Long to reign over us:
    God save The Queen!

    O Lord our God arise,
    Scatter her enemies,
    And make them fall:
    Confound their politics,
    Frustrate their knavish tricks, ( :DDDD)
    On Thee our hopes we fix:
    God save us all.

    Thy choicest gifts in store,
    On her be pleased to pour;
    Long may she reign:
    May she defend our laws,
    And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice God save the Queen!

    Beautiful!!! do you remember argies, the day you surrended???

    HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 07:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • reality check

    @7
    How about having, met, talked with and entertained every major leader of any importance in world politics for the last 60 years, answer your question!

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 07:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • emerald

    *9*
    Leader(s) ?
    What /which leader(s) !
    All are puppets...nothings.

    live in real world not in fantasy land.

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 08:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pugol-H

    Dear Malvinstas

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/9756327/Mayan-apocalypse-Argentina-closes-mountain-over-mass-suicide-risk.html

    Still time to take part if you hurry!!!

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 08:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Brit Bob

    Yanks are still coming: www.atfa.org/

    Run!

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 08:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Nostrolldamus The 3rd

    Just inuring the Brits for the return of absolute monarchy.

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 08:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pirate Love

    @13 yep thats one view, and another view, as observer status Her royal heirness was their as a viewer and nothing more, absolute monarchy?
    so queen victoria, king george both have observed at the cabinet did they impose absolute monarchy? think not!

    Your Absolute monarchy theory, Absolute Bullsh*t theory more like. Try again

    GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 09:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • JohnN

    This is good news for 60th! Queen Elizabeth Land in Antarctica complements Norway's Queen Maude Land next door.

    News story with map:
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/9752856/Part-of-Antarctica-named-Queen-Elizabeth-Land-as-gift-for-Diamond-Jubilee.html

    Google blog page, “Become an Antarctic explorer with panoramic imagery” has some imagery in Queen Elizabeth Land:
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/9752856/Part-of-Antarctica-named-Queen-Elizabeth-Land-as-gift-for-Diamond-Jubilee.html

    Dec 19th, 2012 - 10:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • reality check

    Emerald
    Speaking of Muppets, how's Miss Piggy, she must be rolling in pig shit since the IOU LIBERTAD has sailed.

    Dec 20th, 2012 - 07:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    4 ChrisR
    Totally agree.

    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    If you Argies really believe,

    Then you won’t be here on Saturday will yu.lol.

    .

    Dec 20th, 2012 - 01:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Zethee

    13: If you're going to troll at least make an effort.

    Dec 23rd, 2012 - 05:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • British_Kirchnerist

    The head of state really should be elected. Right now Elizabeth Windsor might well win, but on principle there should be an election

    Dec 24th, 2012 - 04:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    @19

    So a Scottish traitor wants to stand on PRINCIPALS!

    WHEN YOU GET SOME we might just listen to you.

    You disgust me.

    Dec 24th, 2012 - 06:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • JohnN

    19BK:
    There are many examples of functional democracies with elected head of state, but many constitutional monarchies also tend to float to the top of the UN's Human Development Index, are usually very clean according to the Corruption Perception Index, as well as being generally very peaceable.

    For example, constitutional monarchies Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead the UN HDI 2011, also 6 of top 10 and 9 of top 30.

    Correlation is not causation, but such high rankings would tend to support an argument that constitutional monarchies are clearly not an impediment to full human and social development.

    UN HDI Rank: http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/human_development.htm
    Corruption Perception Index: http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/human_development.htm
    Global Peace Index: http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/human_development.htm
    .

    Dec 24th, 2012 - 06:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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