A personal audience with Queen Elizabeth II. is a rarity during the corona pandemic. For the outgoing Chancellor, her visit to the British monarch on Friday (July 2nd, 2021) was a real honor. The Queen received Angela Merkel in a green floral dress and a big smile. A sight that inspires the network. But there is also mockery and malice.
Private audience with the Queen! Angela Merkel’s last visit to the British royal family as Chancellor
The British royal family published a photo of the meeting of the two powerful women on social networks. Queen Elizabeth II and Angela Merkel stand next to each other at a slight distance. Both smile warmly at the camera. “The queen looks happy. Compared to other recent meetings. I think she has a lot of respect for Angela Merkel,” writes one Twitter users. “I noticed that too. The natural smile and body language show a real warmth between the two. It must have been a welcome change after Trump and Johnson,” said another Tweet. We will miss Chancellor Merkel. Your successor has to follow in big footsteps, “writes another Twitter users.
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Merkel ridiculed nasty! Does Queen Elizabeth II really look younger than the Chancellor?
But the meeting of the Queen and Merkel also causes derisive comments on the Internet. This is how Boris Johnson in particular gets his fat off. “A much admirable leader, our people are not even able to shine their shoes,” criticized one Twitter users British politics compared with the German Chancellor. “Amazing, the queen looks younger than ever,” it says in one Tweet. “But it’s frightening that Merkel doesn’t look any younger than Her Majesty,” replied one Users. “She met Johnson before the Queen,” explains one Twitter user on why Merkel seems so old.
No mask, no quarantine? Twitter etches against Angela Merkel’s visit to the Queen
Another detail causes displeasure among the network community. It is not only criticized that both Queen Elizabeth II and Angela Merkel do not wear a face mask, but also the applicable corona entry rules in Germany. Great Britain is considered the only European country besides Portugal as a virus variant area. Without a residence in Germany, nobody from the United Kingdom is allowed to enter. Everyone who is allowed to enter must be in quarantine for 14 days. It is questionable whether this regulation also applies to the Federal Chancellor. “Why don’t you wear masks anymore? You have to tell us the truth and not make us look like fools,” said a comment on Instagram. “Look at someone: Rauten-Merkel in the delta country with the Queen; both no face mask. – It’s probably only something for the common people” Twitter users. However, it can be assumed that both women have taken all safety precautions to protect each other.
Angela Merkel retired, Queen Elizabeth II still on the throne
For Angela Merkel, the private audience was not the first visit to the Queen. She was also received by the monarch in 2008 and 2014. A year later the queen was even visiting Berlin. The trip on Friday is likely to be Merkel’s farewell visit as Chancellor in Great Britain. After 16 years in office, the 66-year-old will no longer run in the federal election at the end of September. For Queen Elizabeth II, however, there is still no end in sight, even after 69 years on the throne: The Queen had repeatedly promised to serve her country until the end of her life.
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