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On Tuesday, the White House announced PresidentDonald Trumpand First LadyMelania Trumpwill travel to the U.K. in Junefor a state visit.
There they will meet withQueen Elizabethand Prime MinisterTheresa Mayand commemorate the anniversary of D-Day.
“President Donald J. Trump and First LadyMelania Trumpaccepted the invitation of Her Royal MajestyQueen ElizabethII to visit the United Kingdom from June 3 to 5, 2019,” the White House said in a statement. “This state visit will reaffirm the steadfast and special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.”
Spot the mistake?
As some sharp-eyed royal observerswere quick to note, there was a tiny flub almost at the start of the announcement: The Queen should have been correctly referred to as “Her Majesty” or “Your Majesty.”
It is other royals such asPrinces Charles,HarryandWilliamwho are referred to as “Your Royal Highness” or “His/Her Royal Highness.” The White House’s statement appears to have mixed them.
It’s not an uncommon mistake, at least for fictional bureaucrats: a character inThe WestWingmade the same slip-upin a season 3 episode.
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Trump and the first ladymet the Queen during a working visit last summeras thousandsturned out in protestin London.
Already there is talk of a similar effort among anti-Trump activists for June’s visit.
“That Trump has even been offered a state visit — with all the pomp and ceremony that it will entail — is truly shocking,” the chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Dave Webb, said in a statement.
Webb continued: “The state visit is totally unacceptable — and certainly not a diplomatic necessity as some have suggested. We will be working with other organizations to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people on the streets in June to oppose the politics Trump represents.”
source: people.com
