African american Pres and his wife can take a hike on Prince William's wedding

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Quote from Dragons Teeth:

There has never been a constant relationship between the US and the UK and the current coalition is not what you would call overly friendly to the US, the LibDem component have never thought much of the US and the current crop of Conservatives are somewhat inward looking (and maybe rightly so considering the circumstances). Don't expect a Thatcher / Reagan or Bush / Blair relationship between Cameron and any US president Democrat or Republican its not his style. We have your back as you have ours but remember we are fiscally and militarly stretched so buddying up with France is no bad thing.
Its also woth remembering that France also has a significant and active far-right (Front National) with a broader support (3 seats in the European Parliament and 118 seats in Regional Councils). I don't think the rise of the far-right has anything to do with the US focus on France, some of us on here will remember when it was Germany that recieved great platitudes from US way back not the UK.
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Quote from Bob111:

...they should lean the basic's of etiquette first...michelle..i'm talking to you..what a embarrassment for US..nice lesson..know your spot....
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It would have been an embarrassment to accept an invitation especially considering the following about Prince William pending wedding:

* He's not next in line to take the thrown

* He wants this to be a wedding for the people

* Wedding is not "formal state occasion" unlike his father's (Prince Charles/ Lady Diana) wedding that sent an invitation to Pres. Reagan and his wife (attended by wife only because Pres. was still recovering from the assassination attempt).

Also, just imagine the security problem in England if the President of the U.S. shows up amongst the growing terrorist activity in the UK. Simply, it would not be a wedding for the people if the Pres. and his spouse did show up.

Point taken, you should also not expect the Obamas to show up when Williams little brother decides to get married one day too nor show up for any other royal marriage unless it's the marriage of someone that's first in line to take the thrown and if proper security can be provided based upon the type of wedding that's planned.

Get over it because the wedding just isn't important enough and it would have been "awkward" to have sent an invitation and then get an reply "thanks but must say no until you're more important". :D

Mark
 
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