President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle have not been invited to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal wedding. The Queen personally invited 40 heads of state, who received the gold-embossed invitations over the weekend to the April 29 wedding of the future king. The Obamas, however, were not among them.
But they can take solace in the knowledge that they will be the guests of their very own state visit to the UK in May. There have been suggestions that the state visit – the first for a US President since 2003 – was set up in return for Obama not coming to the wedding because of the added security costs involved with protecting the President.
French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni will also miss out and Prince Andrew’s former wife, Sarah Ferguson – the Duchess of York – has also been snubbed. Leaders from Commonwealth counties, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand have been invited along with Kings and Queens across Europe, including Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Greece.
The couple will hope the meet-and-greet will help prepare them for their first official overseas visit as a married couple to Canada in June. Other guests include the King of Jordan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, the Sultan of Oman, the King of Bahrain, the Sultan of Brunei and the King of Saudi Arabia, the Emperor of Japan, the King of Malaysia, the King of Tonga and the King of Thailand. Around 1,900 guests will attend the Westminster Abbey ceremony, which will be beamed around the world, and the bride and groom have been allowed to invite more than, 1,000 of their friends.
The invitations, which were posted last week, are on thick white card, bevelled, gilded and stamped with EIIR in gold which has then been burnished.
Har! Apparently this is old news. Still humorous however. The Obama’s will be attending the space shuttle launch instead.
Let’s see if foobar can figure it out. It’s a test.
Snub?
No Snub?
Who gives a frack?
I’ll just be glad when all this crap is over.
The only thing more boring are these two year election campaigns.
Ah_yea, at least you have a sense of humor. There’s hope for the right yet. Now if only the left could lighten up…
Well at least it can be said that the Royal family is a good judge of character , class and personal ethics of an individual
Wonder if Mr. Soros got an invite
Will Mr. Obama get the point and the lesson ?
Foobar:
Macho
Hates Obama
Homophobic Obfuscator
Halfwit Oaf
Hypocritical Onanist
Not an easy one.
#65 Another elephant talk. Although, thank god, short this time.
#59 Truth hurts. Obama isn’t a good fit for a royal wedding.
A Trumpka/SEIU wedding where low level Socialist rabble raisers chant “this is what Democracy looks like” is more his fit.
With a soap box and flyers, he’d feel right at home.
That’s what he gets for bowing down to Saudi and Chinese rulers, but not the Queen.
No bow for her.
No bow for her, no wedding for him.
The reason why he bowed to Saudi and Chinese is self evident, apart from Obama, they are screwing America in historic proportions…
He respects that.
Oh give me a break from all this he insulted the Royals. Do you Obama hating nut cases remember how Nancy Reagan didn’t even bow to the Queen on the first Royal visit with Pres.Reagan. Then Ms. Stupid said I’m an American First Lady, not a Brit. and I should never have to bow to anyone….but Ms. White lady uh I mean Ms. Reagan got away with doing that but the Obama’s weren’t forgiven for their mis-steps and we all really know the real reason why!
The majority of us Brits probably couldn’t care less whether he is invited or not.
In my view he is the worst President you have ever had. When I watch his speeches he strikes me as facile, his words are designed to sound patriotic, yet have no substance. He is like a dodgy car salesman.
The Royal wedding should be funded by the Royals, not the state. It will be all over the media, millions will turn out to watch, hundreds of millions of pounds spent, what a waste.
Spend it on our armed forces instead.
I guess they already have an I-pod.
Well, Ron and Nancy were invited to Prince Charles wedding, so it is reasonable to conclude that Obama was intentionally excluded.
Good, he deserves the snub after the way he has treated the Brits. Obama has worked very hard to weaken the US ties to our traditional allies.
#69 You misunderstood the satire, American presidents bow to no one…Obama erred when he bowed to the Saudi’s and Chinese.
#70 Critically speaking, not one of Obama’s speeches lack fallacy, misdirection, or unsound premise. He is, in a word, a liar.
He IS a community organizer, a low level socialist agitator who has never accomplished anything. Affirmative action ensured he be rewarded regardless of his lack of achievement.
The myth he is smart is falling apart, it turns out Bill Ayers wrote his first book, upon which everyone predicated the idea he is smart. His second book, according to Trump, was clearly written by him, and compares unfavorably with the first.
Without his teleprompter, he is pedantic and often lost.
He is alien to most Americans, who see achievement, merit for achievement, reward for work and accomplishment, as good, not evil.
Obama assumes success comes at the expense of others, and therefore is to be punished.
I challenge all low level socialist agitators, who blame evil banks and buisness for their personal failure to succeed, NAME them.
Its your chance to imprison them, Obama is president, his incompetent stooge is Attorney General, NOW is the time for you to LIST THE EVIL BANKERS BY NAME SO THEY CAN BE PROSECUTED…
Instead of just smearing entities any modern successful and prosperous society requires to succeed.
Obama won’t, he smears all who produce wealth and pay the bills, irrationally blaming them for providing him with food stamps and welfare…
Its sicko.
Marxism is sicko.
Who gives a fuck about them or their wedding.I will be so glad when this shit is over.I have so many other things to be worried,REAL CONCERNS about like car note,rent,my children,and how Im going to be able to go on with my life after losing my mom last year 3 days after mothers day.What do we get out of it by talking about their wedding?
Number 70 who said he is the worst president ever.Youre only saying that cause he is black..Bush FUCKED up for years and I didnt see WHITE FOLK talk bad about him..Dont be jealous cause we got a black president.Im quite sure he doesnt care and you can kiss his BLACK ASS
# 75 Daffany Rose said, “I didnt see WHITE FOLK talk bad about {Bush]…”
I guess you didn’t spend much time around here during Bush’s term.
Or reading newspapers.
Or watching TV.
Or breathing.
#72 Second worst. Happy?
#76…Yes but it wasnt the way their treating Obama.Take the stick out of your ass.But anyway no during that time I was taking care of my mother who eventually died of Cancer you asshole
It wouldn’t matter if Obama received an invitation of not. The tea baggers would still claim it was bad. Thw world either is snubbing him or he is jetting overseas (on our dime) when our economy is in the crapper.
And Alphie would still keep jerking off to the McDonald’s Animal Fight.
#78 Daffy :
I’m sorry to hear about your mother. But I didn’t cause her cancer. As a point in fact, I took care of my father while he died, too. I still managed to watch the evening news now and then. Don’t believe I was so angry I started calling people asshole, either. In fact, I’ve had whole wards full of dying patients without loosing my temper like that. In fact, Bush was savaged by liberal “white folk”. I said a few bad things about him myself. And you pop up with your racist statement and then curse me for pointing it out? Again, my friend, I’m sorry for your loss but it’s time to get over it and grow up, now.
Right now, I’m in a veritable war zone on the Cambodian/Thailand border taking care of civilian casualties (in Cambodia). Know what they’re shooting at each other for? Possession of a tourist attraction. Now there’s something to be pissed off about.