The poor old Queen. I do feel sorry for her. I feel she is eminently wise, full of common sense and very diplomatic. She is exactly the sort of person I would be happy to know. However I do not agree with the system of privilege, by which she is just as bound as the rest of us are.
I feel sorry for her because she has had to do her job and entertain the head of state of China. China is one of the most brutal and repressive dictatorships in the world. People are executed in large numbers, some of whose organs find their way onto the lucrative transplant market. Dissent is not allowed. Full stop. Etc.
It's a national disgrace that the poor woman not only had to suffer this person' presence during a banquet, but had to tow the government line at the same time. Her Majesty deserves better than that.
As for the government, shame on it when it counts Saudi Arabia and China amongst its friends. Shame.
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