When Donald Trump made a state visit to Great Britain a few years ago, Queen Elizabeth II apologized at the first meeting. Instead of shaking hands with the then president, she preferred to receive clergymen that day. She wore a special piece of jewelery to the audience, a flower brooch that she had received as a gift from Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, in 2011.
Although the Queen managed not to comment publicly on political issues during her 70-year reign, she could not resist wearing jewelry with a pungent effect. The picture of her brooch went around the world, and her negative attitude towards Trump became more than clear.
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