Queen’s Normandy Invitation Found

Sally McNamara / May 29, 2009

After furious diplomatic exchanges between the French and British governments, reports are emerging that Queen Elizabeth II — the only reigning monarch to have actively served in World War II — has finally been invited to commemorate the D-Day Landings in Normandy, France next week together with other heads of state, including Presidents Obama, Sarkozy and Prime Minister Brown.

The late and somewhat begrudging invitation by the French Government should be delivered by President Sarkozy himself, together with an apology for the incredible lapse in judgment by the Quai d’Orsay. After all, it was primarily an Anglo-American effort that led the 1944 push for France’s liberation, and the eventual defeat of Hitler’s Third Reich. (more…)