Invite royal war vet to D-Day anniversary ~ By Roger Hedgecock

By Roger Hedgecock Posted: June 01, 2009 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Smiling shyly standing next to her British army lorry in World War II uniform, young Elizabeth Windsor, daughter of the king, service #230873, poses for a picture. A volunteer enlistment, she drove the truck and trained as a truck mechanic. Today, age 83, she is Queen Elizabeth II, the head of state of the only European country to defy Hitler in World War II and the only living head of state to serve in uniform in that war. On June 6, President Obama and French President Sarkozy will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings at Normandy. Queen Elizabeth won't be there. She wasn't invited. Accusations are flying as to how this blunder occurred and who is to blame. The queen, a palace spokesman says, would have liked to attend. Sarkozy is the host for the commemoration. Why didn't he invite the queen? No comment other than a French source saying that the commemoration was "primarily a Franco-American ceremony." Sarkozy should be reminded that the liberation of France from German occupation and French collaboration was "primarily an Anglo-American" invasion which cost more than 37,000 allied lives. [Continue reading]

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