Her 90-year-old Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been heard making unguarded remarks on tape about China during a garden party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. The Queen was not pleased with Chinese officials in their dealings with their British counterparts. Her Majesty gave the thumbs down to certain Chinese officials who accompanied President Xi Jinping during his first state visit to Britain last year, calling them “very rude.” Her comments were picked up by a microphone. USA Today reports: The monarch made the comments to a police official at an event at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday to mark her recent 90th birthday. In the footage, recorded by the palace’s cameraman, Scotland Yard Commander Lucy D’Orsi told the queen that being a commander for a state visit by Chinese President Xi in October was a “quite a testing time.” Introducing D’Orsi to the monarch, an official said D’Orsi was seriously undermined by the Chinese, but managed to hold her own and remain in command. “They were very rude to the ambassador,” the queen said, to which D’Orsi agreed. The remark is highly unusual as queen usually steers clear of politics in public. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said that Xi made [...]
