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In UK, Star-Spangled Banner played at Windsor Castle to mark 20 years since 9/11
Fox News ^ | September 11th 2021 | Adam Shaw

Posted on 09/12/2021 7:20:25 PM PDT by naturalman1975

Twenty years after Queen Elizabeth II requested The Star-Spangled Banner be played outside Buckingham Palace in solidarity with the United States, a day after 9/11, the U.S. anthem played once again in Britain.

The U.S. national anthem was played outside Windsor Castle at the Changing of the Guard ceremony Saturday.

The Queen broke with tradition by requesting the anthem be played by the Guard outside Buckingham Palace, the day after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. After the United States, the United Kingdom lost the most citizens on 9/11, with 67 killed.

America’s representative in the U.K. thanked the monarch for her tribute.

"Today, I was honored to hear the guard play The Star-Spangled Banner once again at Windsor Castle," Ambassador Philip T. Reeker, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim to the U.K. tweeted. "I thank Her Majesty for this special tribute."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 911; elizabeth; qeii; queenelizabeth; queenelizabethii
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1 posted on 09/12/2021 7:20:25 PM PDT by naturalman1975
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To: naturalman1975
I was in third grade when she became Queen.

She has done right by her charge in every way.

God Bless the Queen.

2 posted on 09/12/2021 7:23:32 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: naturalman1975

The British Royal Family has more class,more decency,more respect than The Big Guy...Heels Up...Bella Pelosi...General Milley...W...


3 posted on 09/12/2021 7:26:24 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: Sacajaweau
IMO Paul McCartney was right when he observed that “Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl...”
4 posted on 09/12/2021 7:29:16 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: naturalman1975

And they can always claim they are simply playing an old English drinking song.


5 posted on 09/12/2021 7:29:57 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: naturalman1975
A few years ago,on 9/11 IIRC,Canadian Prime Minister Harper addressed the Australian Parliament and spoke of the friendship that exits among the various former colonies of Great Britain. He stated that several dozen Canadians died on 9/11 and you,Naturalman, have quoted Prime Howard as once having said something like “America was in flames and Australia was there to help”.
6 posted on 09/12/2021 7:41:46 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: naturalman1975

The woman has real class. No wonder she is so beloved by the Brits.


7 posted on 09/12/2021 7:49:50 PM PDT by McGavin999 (biden is not my president)
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To: naturalman1975

She is a wonderful woman. I was very touched when she did this in 2001.


8 posted on 09/12/2021 7:54:23 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: naturalman1975

Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl but she doesn’t have a lot to say…

But when she says it, it’s a lot to say.

Thank you, Your Majesty ❤️


9 posted on 09/12/2021 7:55:45 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Gay State Conservative

That must be why British intelligence agencies spread lies about Trump, and undermined him and celebrated his removal.
The Queen didn’t lift a finger.

She’s trash.


10 posted on 09/12/2021 7:55:47 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“Prime Howard as once having said something like “America was in flames and Australia was there to help”.”

And with their 5 eyes game, they spy on American citizens and give it to the CIA to let the CIA claim they do not spy domestically. And they were instrumental in the anti-Trump election interference of 2016.


11 posted on 09/12/2021 7:58:02 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Gay State Conservative
"America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help."

Yes, it's from Howard's own address to the United States Congress on June 12, 2002.

Ten Australians died as a result of the September 11 attacks, making it still the second largest loss of Australian lives to terrorism after the Bali Bombing.

12 posted on 09/12/2021 8:00:32 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: DesertRhino

The Five Eyes think is arguably true, but if it is the case, it’s only because the USA does the same in reverse.

And Australia had no involvement in America’s election in 2016 beyond our High Commissioner in London contacting the FBI to say he’d been told dirty tricks were happening by an American he’d met in a bar. Maybe he was naive to assume the FBI could be trusted but they are supposed to be your counter-intelligence organisation so if they’ve been corrupted, that’s on the US.

Contacting the FBI was exactly what he was supposed to do when he was told America was being compromised by foreign intelligence. Would you expect an ally to do nothing in such a case.


13 posted on 09/12/2021 8:04:58 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: PghBaldy

2001 Buckingham Palace. Note the many people wiping their eyes. https://youtu.be/ToECtXPMvNM


14 posted on 09/12/2021 8:10:30 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: DesertRhino
Unless I'm mistaken (which is distinctly possible) the Queen has very little,if any,power to influence government policy.
15 posted on 09/12/2021 8:11:25 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: Gay State Conservative

👍😀


16 posted on 09/12/2021 8:33:00 PM PDT by Mark17 (USAF ATC, Retired. Father of USAF pilot. ✈️ ATCs & pilots, the quintessential elements of aviation )
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Mark


17 posted on 09/12/2021 8:35:28 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: naturalman1975

That’s nice spin. He was in on it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/us/politics/how-fbi-russia-investigation-began-george-papadopoulos.html

They fed Papadapolis gossip, and then needed someone to report back that he HAD this knowledge. I think it was deliberate. The 5 eyes creeps assist each other and no longer deserve any “benefit of the doubt” from any thinking person. What was created to protect us all in the cold war has now been fully focused inward.
And it’s tragic, every American I know feels close to Aussie people, Canadians, and British PEOPLE. But honestly, their governments are hostile to the American republic.

God hope that all of us can overthrow these globalist fascists of our governments and restore western freedoms.


18 posted on 09/12/2021 8:35:44 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: DesertRhino

No, it’s not spin.

Not everything you read in the newspaper is true.

Haven’t you ever noticed that?

Papadopoulous is a proven liar.

Alexander Downer was John Howard’s Foreign Minister for eleven years as the Howard government supported the United States under President George W. Bush as they fought a war against the Taliban, and was only one of two countries to put ground troops into Iraq to support the American lead war there. This despite most of the world community calling them Fascists for daring to stand with America.

I trust Downer - not the lies of a proven liar trying to make himself look like he didn’t mess up.


19 posted on 09/12/2021 8:50:38 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: DesertRhino
Power in England doesn't reside in the Monarchy. It resides in Parliament. The Queen has almost no political power.

"As Head of State The Queen has to remain strictly neutral with respect to political matters."

https://www.royal.uk/queen-and-government

20 posted on 09/12/2021 9:02:37 PM PDT by Luna (Evil will not triumph. God is at the helm.)
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