Thursday, May 28, 2009

Paris refused to Elizabeth II as a personal invitation to Normandy.

The Press Secretary of the Government of France Luc Chatel (Luc Chatel) refuted appeared in the British media about the fact that President Nicolas Sarkozy did not invite Elizabeth II to celebrate the 65 th anniversary of disembarkation in Normandy, the Le Figaro.

According to Chatel, France to the British Government handed over the invitation to the celebration, but the reservation that the duties of Paris is not to indicate who should be present with the British party or member of the British delegation.

"British Queen as head of state, of course is always a welcome guest", - said CHATEL, but emphasized that the primary June 6, still remain the Franco-American celebration with the participation of Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama. "To be still and the other six in June," - he said.

For its part, the correspondent of French radio Europe 1 in London Leneman Ester (Esther Leneman) stated that the rebuttal Elysee Palace looks very unconvincing and vague. "The British queen has never traveled to the celebration, not a personal invitation," - noted journalist. Some clarification of French side is not enough, you need an official invitation, otherwise the situation will remain unresolved.

As noted by Le Figaro, the press service statement Elysee Palace directly contradict the claims of British tabloid The Daily Mail. According to The Daily Mail, the French side previously stated explicitly that it was not going to invite the Queen.

This has caused dissatisfaction in frank Buckingham Palace, with it not only against Nicolas Sarkozy. Sources in the environment, the Queen spoke critically of the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, himself, being invited to the celebration, was not able to resolve the diplomatic niceties, the presence of Elizabeth II in celebration of 65 th anniversary of D-Day.

As noted by The Daily Mail, remains unknown whether Elizabeth II will travel to France. Personal invitation is not, moreover, usually this kind of training mission, according to representatives of Buckingham Palace, took about half a year. Given that the celebrations will be held in early June, in fact, time has run out.

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