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Originally Posted by Kymmy
The popes as much a head of state as Paddy Roy Bates and I don't see him being invited by the queen..
I'm sure that the Italian goverment would agree if they actually got themselves a stable non-corrupt goverment..
Yet another govermental appeasment being issued through our monarchy  |
You may not like it Kymmy but those are the facts. He is the head of a legitimate and universally (not just Italian) recognised state.
Nor is it governmental appeasement through the monarchy. Constitutionally the Queen, in her capacity as both the monarch and the head of the Church of England, could have refused to issue or endorse the visit had she wanted to.
The fact is that she didn't.