Chinese officials were ‘rude’: Queen Elizabeth II
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has been overheard on video describing Chinese officials as “very rude to the ambassador’’ in a conversation with a senior police officer at a Buckingham Palace event celebrating her birthday.
In this file photo taken Oct 20, 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during a state banquet at Buckingham Palace, London, on the first day of the state visit to Britain. Photo: Pool via AP
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LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has been overheard on video describing Chinese officials as “very rude to the ambassador’’ in a conversation with a senior police officer at a Buckingham Palace event celebrating her birthday.
The comments, which became public on Wednesday (May 11), were unusual because the 90-year-old monarch has been careful to steer clear of politics during her long reign.
The Guardian newspaper said the discussion was recorded by the palace’s official cameraman. On the video, the police officer is describing the Chinese state visit to Britain in October.
The officer tells the queen it had been a "testing time".
Queen Elizabeth then says: "They were very rude to the ambassador".
British officials have so far declined to comment on the queen’s remarks. AP
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