Obama Not Invited to Royal Wedding

[Hudson69]

It's not a State occasion, William isn't heir to the throne, just a prince so there's no need for the world to be at his wedding. As far as we've read and understood William wants what for the Royals is at least a quiet wedding.
If it's true he's not invited it's not a snub at all. No point is getting your knickers in a twist as whoever was in the Oval office wouldn't have been invited, nothing to do with personalities.

I don't think it is so much that he is "just" a Prince or anyone getting bent over Obama not being able to attend as the surprise that one of the well liked royal personalities is getting married and an arrogant American politician is not getting to share the spotlight. My .02 only and it doesn't count.

 

[Sukerkin]

Obama just isn't the lap dog to British power that Clinton/Bush were. Can you imagine Clinton or Bush being strong enough to say, "Here are some damn DVDs, be happy you got that much!"


:angel:

ROFLKLITA :tup:

 

[LuckyKBoxer]

lol these comments are funny to read..
people take this crap way to seriously..
Rich people kissing other rich peoples asses...
Royalty? no not in my eyes.
I doubt I will ever run into the family, but I would not bow or treat them any different then any other person I met. I will give a Doctor the respect of calling him Doctor since he earned the title, but these people were just born. I dont believe in royalty.
they are however extremely rich and poweful, and I do find it amusing how the entire world seemed to be all over the Obama bandwagon when he was running for president, but it seems nobody really wants him around now after the fact...
I wouldnt invite him to my wedding either... but then I wouldnt have invited Bush either..
seems alot to do about nothing.
Im sure I will read all kinds of super important headlines in the grocery stand checkout about how this is some huge consipracy against the "royals" or "Obama" or both in the tabloids... then I will make sure to come back here to get my facts straight...:shrug:

 

[granfire]

lol these comments are funny to read..
people take this crap way to seriously..
Rich people kissing other rich peoples asses...
Royalty? no not in my eyes.
I doubt I will ever run into the family, but I would not bow or treat them any different then any other person I met. I will give a Doctor the respect of calling him Doctor since he earned the title, but these people were just born. I dont believe in royalty.
they are however extremely rich and poweful, and I do find it amusing how the entire world seemed to be all over the Obama bandwagon when he was running for president, but it seems nobody really wants him around now after the fact...
I wouldnt invite him to my wedding either... but then I wouldnt have invited Bush either..
seems alot to do about nothing.
Im sure I will read all kinds of super important headlines in the grocery stand checkout about how this is some huge consipracy against the "royals" or "Obama" or both in the tabloids... then I will make sure to come back here to get my facts straight...:shrug:

Actually, I think ole W could be fun at a party...

but yeah, it's somewhere in the 'sack of rice in China' category for me as well...

 

[Tez3]

I think the problem on this thread is one of different cultures. The Brits seem to think it was brought up because it was percieved as an insult to America or our President. Nothing could be further from the truth. I think the Americans brought it up because after Obama`s bumbling of the gifts he gave HRH Queen Elizabeth (which were so conceited it makes even us cringe) and his early snubbing of the UK`s Ambassador......we just have to laugh at the image of Obama and retinue showing up and having a security guy look at him over his sunglasses and say "Sorry Buddy, you`re not on the list."

Yes he`s the elected leader of the country, yes he`s the Commander in Chief of the armed forces. However he`s also one of us, and at times we like to shake our heads and think of him as a jug-eared goofball.

I think you've hit the nail on the head here, the OP says Obama's been snubbed, he probably hasn't he's just not been invited but then again a lot of people haven't! 'Snubbing' though sounds as if it's blaming us for insulting America.
The British Ambassador will be an ex public schoolboy and snubbing him will mean nothing to him. You'll have to see what happens at public schools to understand a snub is nothing!
I imagine the Queen wouldn't mind some DVDs, she's had worse presents ...7kg of prawns, snail shells, Jaguars (the cat type) and sloths, the Canadians gave her 2 black beavers once. Anyway what do you give the richest woman in the world who has everything?

 

[CoryKS]

Good lord, how hard to you have to kick somebody to-- oh.

 

[pavlaras]

is not a state occassion

 

[Big Don]

Obama just isn't the lap dog to British power that Clinton/Bush were. Can you imagine Clinton or Bush being strong enough to say, "Here are some damn DVDs, be happy you got that much!"


:angel:

Yes, because being respectful and appropriate is the same as being a lapdog...
It isn't as if Clinton or Bush bowed to the Queen...

 

[Tez3]

Non British or Commonwealth people aren't expected to bow or curtsey to the Queen ( or any of the Royal family for that matter) at all. A handshake is all that's expected. There's no reason to, I suppose if they wanted to it would be alright but can't imagine why they would.

 

[Sukerkin]

I can't imagine why they wouldn't, due deference is a requisite part of a polite society after all ... right along with being armed (but that's another story entirely ).

Now I am a Monarchist, which means that I take these things rather more seriously than many but, in case there is any lack of clarity on the matter, if someone insults our monarch (either directly or by deliberate omission) then they insult our country.

Some people might not care about that but I wouldn't advise doing it within reach of any of our armed forces - they take their oath very diligently in the main.

 

[Tez3]

I can't imagine why they wouldn't, due deference is a requisite part of a polite society after all ... right along with being armed (but that's another story entirely ).

Now I am a Monarchist, which means that I take these things rather more seriously than many but, in case there is any lack of clarity on the matter, if someone insults our monarch (either directly or by deliberate omission) then they insult our country.

Some people might not care about that but I wouldn't advise doing it within reach of any of our armed forces - they take their oath very diligently in the main.

Why would non British or Commonwealth bow or curtsey? As long as they were polite ie shook hands and weren't rude I can't see a problem, they aren't expected by the Royal Family to to bow or curtsey so why would we expect them to?

 

[Ken Morgan]

Non British or Commonwealth people aren't expected to bow or curtsey to the Queen ( or any of the Royal family for that matter) at all. A handshake is all that's expected. There's no reason to, I suppose if they wanted to it would be alright but can't imagine why they would.

I meet the Queen this past summer, we were told before hand that the bow is basically a head nod, so that’s what I did. Head nod, and shake hands.

I bow more to my Sensei and classmates then I did to the Queen.

Whatever.

 

[dancingalone]

Some people might not care about that but I wouldn't advise doing it within reach of any of our armed forces - they take their oath very diligently in the main.

Really? Verbally insulting the British royalty would be sufficient grounds for your armed forces to take action?

 

[Sukerkin]

I think you misunderstand me, I don't mean 'action' as in 'war', I mean 'action' as in a bunch-of-fives up the bracket . Of course I can only speak for the soldiers I know, which is a tiny sample of the whole.

 

[dancingalone]

I think you misunderstand me, I don't mean 'action' as in 'war', I mean 'action' as in a bunch-of-fives up the bracket . Of course I can only speak for the soldiers I know, which is a tiny sample of the whole.

Not sure what that expression means, but I'll take it to mean some roughhousing. Soldiers will be soldiers.

 

[Tez3]

The bunch of fives is your five fingers in a fist.
The British military swears it's oath of allegiance to the Sovereign not the government or any ministers so it would be a bit iffy insulting the Queen infront of the military.

Bowing and curtsying used to be more common than hand shaking when people met. It wasn't just an Eastern custom.

 

[crushing]

I think you misunderstand me, I don't mean 'action' as in 'war', I mean 'action' as in a bunch-of-fives up the bracket . Of course I can only speak for the soldiers I know, which is a tiny sample of the whole.

So a bunch-of-fives is a fist, that's good to know. After googling I found that "up the bracket" basically means a punch in the throat, which is a relief.

 

[billc]

An article at pajamasmedia about the Obama snubb.

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/snubbed-no-obamas-at-britains-royal-wedding/

 

[CoryKS]

Dammit, speak English. Only, you know, less English-y.

 

[Tez3]

Dammit, speak English. Only, you know, less English-y.

Awright guvnor.