The late Queen Elizabeth II was so meticulously discreet that in the very rare events where her own reviews of people, places, and things escaped, they would make headlines.
The same applies even after her passing, with global news dominated this week by reports that she told a friend over lunch after Donald Trump visited her in 2018 or 2019 that she found him “very rude. ” ” and fiercely speculated that he would have “some kind of agreement” with his wife, Melania.
This claim is made in a new biography of the late queen, serialized in the Daily Mail, written by socialite journalist Craig Brown. The new account of the Queen’s life, based largely on anecdotes, is called A Journey Around the Queen.
Now comes news of another glorious royal rebuke, with Brown reporting that British politician David Blunkett, who was blind, told him that his service dog barked furiously at Vladimir Putin when the Russian tyrant arrived late for an official event in 2003.
Blunkett said he apologized to the Queen, who responded softly: “Dogs have attractive instincts, don’t they?
Meanwhile, a former Buckingham Palace worker has dismissed claims about her comments about Trump.
Speaking to GB News, Jack Stooks, a former member of the royal household, said: “We know what the Queen was like as a person. We know that under her reign, she was never wrong. It’s not something she would do. It’s just ridiculous.
“There are so many tactics where those kinds of rumors can happen, but I don’t see why the Queen would do something like this or even be susceptible to it.
“I don’t see why other people think it’s okay, either way, the way, in an attempt to bring down the lifestyle of the past queen.
“Throughout her career, she’s been amazing. And letting some flames go out is not right, especially for the monarchy at the moment. They face many things.
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