Ok - so it isn’t so much the Queen, but France (the Cheese-Eating-Surrender Monkeys that “we” saved in that war, who dropped the proverbial ball.
But why? Was it an intentional slight?
1: Nu Labour has shown remarkable apathy to this anniversary. This is probably the last opportunity of D-Day vets to go back to Normandy. At first Nu Labour was unwilling to foot the bill so the vets can go one last time. It took some of the UK press especially the Daily Mail to express outrage and raised a tidy sum to finance the trips. Nu Labour enentually gave in.
2: The Queen as head of state needs a formal invitation to show up to an event like this. Given the apathy of Nu Labour to this event the French did not invite her. Some French spokesperson claimed Sarkozy just wanted Zero to himself without worrying about Her Majesty stealing the limelight.
3: Some other Frenchies claimed they wanted to invite Her Majesty but did not hear anything back from 10 Downing Street.
To summarize Queen Elizabeth was snubbed due to Sarkozy wanting to kiss TOTUS butt and apathy from Nu Labour.