Chinese Media Kept Mum On Queen Elizabeth Calling Chinese Diplomats "Very Rude"
But a lot of people noticed and wondered why the insult wasn’t broadcast.
So here we are, having spent the past half a year thinking we are in the middle of the "Golden Era" of relations between the United Kingdom and China.
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You could almost see Prime Minister David Cameron and Chinese leader Xi Jinping fantasizing about the hundreds of millions dollars worth of trade deals made as they exchanged beers.
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Until one day a crack in veneer changes everything. At a Buckingham Palace garden party on Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth II was caught on camera talking to a senior police officer who helped organize last year's state visit.
"Oh bad luck," the Queen said, according to footage captured by the BBC, when she heard about the officer's assignment.