re: #1043 yma o hyd

Just in case you think other countries don’t have gaffe-prone heads of state, scroll down and watch that little video here!

The Queen may have been ok with it, after a fashion - but the Italians are mortified …

The Queen looks to me like she just sort of rolls with the flow, most of the time. I’m sure she might prefer “perfect” protocol at all times, but she can’t be so out of it that she expects that it will happen.