Reported by the International Center / Zhang Jianing
The late Queen Elizabeth II (Queen Elizabeth II) held a state funeral on the 19th of this month and the heads of state also traveled to the UK to attend the ceremony. However, some experts found that the Danish Crown Princess Mary did not attend the ceremony ceremony. , and the truth emerged that it was an oolong, which also led royal experts to criticize it as “very clumsy”.
▲ Princess Mary did not show up at Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral. (Photo / PhotographerEva RinaldiCC flickr license）
According to the Daily Mail, the Danish royal family has announced that 82-year-old Queen Margrethe II (Queen Margrethe II) will attend the Queen’s state funeral with the Crown Prince couple, Prince Frederik (Prince Frederik) and Princess Mary. However, what caught the attention of the outside world was the fact that Princess Mary did not show up on the day of her state funeral.
The reason Princess Mary didn’t show up was actually an oolong. According to UK Foreign Office etiquette regulations, invited heads of state can only bring one extra guest to attend the funeral, but the British Foreign Office has issued three invitations to Denmark The invitation to Princess Mary was not withdrawn until the error was discovered.
In this regard, the Danish royal family also confirmed to local media, a few days before the funeral, that there had been an “unfortunate mistake” in the invitation from the British Foreign Office. On the other hand, the British Foreign Office said it had expressed its deep apologies to the Danish royal family via the Danish embassy.
After the news broke, the outside world was also quite curious: some countries sent three representatives to the scene on the same day, because the UK also invited heads of state who “abdicated”. According to Danish media “BT”, royal correspondent Jacob Heinel Jensen also criticized the British Foreign Office oolong “which is really clumsy and unfortunate”.
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