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Royal wedding: Becks and Zimbabwe invited, Brown and Blair snubbed
27 Apr 2011 at 07:28hrs | Views
Re: Becks and Zimbabwe invited, Brown and Blair snubbed
I wanted to dismiss the the Royal Wedding as more mindless fluff, but this shindig may be about much more than Kate's shoes or dress. The guest list itself is telling.
The ambassador of Zimbabwe is coming ' that's right, Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe. Also Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa of Bahrain, whose regime has killed dozens of peaceful anti-government protestors, had been invited but had to respectfully decline. Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohamed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz will be there, as well as representatives of North Korea and Iran.
Missing from the list are the unpopular but nevertheless democratically elected past PMs Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.
Should we wonder that an elitist, anti-democratic institution such as the monarchy would choose to hobnob with similar anti-democratic elements? Don't forget your armband, Harry.
Glen Loucks, Toronto
When is this endless regurgitation of nonsense about these Royal Twits going to end? The fact that you've had to reach back to dead issues like the Grace Kelly wedding proves that you ran out of interesting material ages ago. You may as well stop delivering the paper till after the 29th.
I wanted to dismiss the the Royal Wedding as more mindless fluff, but this shindig may be about much more than Kate's shoes or dress. The guest list itself is telling.
The ambassador of Zimbabwe is coming ' that's right, Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe. Also Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa of Bahrain, whose regime has killed dozens of peaceful anti-government protestors, had been invited but had to respectfully decline. Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohamed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz will be there, as well as representatives of North Korea and Iran.
Should we wonder that an elitist, anti-democratic institution such as the monarchy would choose to hobnob with similar anti-democratic elements? Don't forget your armband, Harry.
Glen Loucks, Toronto
When is this endless regurgitation of nonsense about these Royal Twits going to end? The fact that you've had to reach back to dead issues like the Grace Kelly wedding proves that you ran out of interesting material ages ago. You may as well stop delivering the paper till after the 29th.
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