Queen tells Obama "Get off my lawn!"

[August]

http://www.weaselzippers.us/268410-q...windsor-lawns/

Barack Obama may be the world’s most powerful man but Queen Elizabeth II forced him to slash by half the number of choppers his Secret Service can land on the Windsor Castle lawns when the US president came over for dinner with the 90-year-old monarch.
The Queen called Obama’s bevy of choppers “over the top”, meaning the Secret Service had to rethink their plans to land about six aircraft in the 300-year-old gardens of her main residence.
“It was a write-off and the Queen was not amused,” ‘Daily Express’ quoted a royal source as saying.
“Her Majesty refused to back down and said, ‘three helicopters only’. The Secret Service had to go away and think about their plan. The President’s officials were told that the Queen regarded Windsor Castle as her family home and the most important of all royal residences,” the report said.
“She rarely imposes her will but when she does people listen – it just took the US Secret Service agents a little time to realise that,” the source said.

That's telling them Queenie!

[Betonov]

Lawns are sacred.

Even I'd be pissed off enough to tell them to bugger off the lawn.

[Rockstar]

Proof for the taxpayer that its possible to do more of the same with less? I think Secret Service needs to explain why they thought all that hardware was needed in the first place. Because apparently it wasn't.

[Platapus]

It is good to be the queen

[vienna]

Hell, the Queen wouldn't even have a lawn if the US hadn't saved the Brits bacon in WWII...


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[em2nought]

Originally Posted by vienna

Hell, the Queen wouldn't even have a lawn if the US hadn't saved the Brits bacon in WWII...


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I can hardly picture Obama storming the beaches

The Queen on the other hand

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Proof for the taxpayer that its possible to do more of the same with less? I think Secret Service needs to explain why they thought all that hardware was needed in the first place. Because apparently it wasn't.

Looks like Obama found himself.....at the back of the queue.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by vienna

Hell, the Queen wouldn't even have a lawn if the US hadn't saved the Brits bacon in WWII...


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In February 1945, Elizabeth II joined the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service, as an honorary Second Subaltern with the service number of 230873. She trained as a driver and mechanic, drove a military truck, and was promoted to honorary Junior Commander five months later. She is the last surviving head of state who served in uniform during the Second World War.

Originally Posted by vienna

So, if she went in to combat, it would be with a select squadron of Royal troops to set up and secure whatever weapon she chose to use? Would they also be obliged to say to enemy she shot, "I say there, you, yes you, enemy chap! The Queen has shot you! Be a good fellow and fall down! There's a nice chap! [Turns, salutes] Carry on, Your Majesty..." ...


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[vienna]

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It would take more than 007 to put me down...

BTW, I noticed, in the picture of The Queen with the MG, she was firing without the requisite extension of the pinkie finger...how gauche...

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Proof for the taxpayer that its possible to do more of the same with less? I think Secret Service needs to explain why they thought all that hardware was needed in the first place. Because apparently it wasn't.

Here in Los Angeles, we have had a lot of Presidents visit for various reasons. Regan was probably he most frequent visitor since CA was his home base and he had offices in the Century City area of Los Angeles. Over the years I have seen the various comings and goings of the POTUS and have noted the varying degrees of SS protection (with the aid of the local LEOs) afforded to them. Until Reagan, the security was generally not very overt; once Reagan was in office, it all became a sort of show of importance, with extended motorcades and a bit of pomp. It even extended to the First Lady: President Sadat and his wife were visiting here and Nancy Reagan, at the last minute, thought it would be a good idea to have breakfast, with Mrs. Sadat, at the County Museum of Art; without any warning to anyone (apparently not even to the local civic authorities), an entire mile of Wilshire Blvd., a very major thoroughfare, was blocked off and the adjacent three blocks on either side were put off limits. I had personal experience with this since, at the time, I was working at an office directly across Wilshire from the art museum and had to slog a great way out of my usual route to get to work. This sort of spur of the moment disruption became the norm for Regan visits. Clinton was pretty low key; you barely knew he was there; it was a return to the minimalist POTUS presence. When GWB would visit, after 9/11, the security was amped up, the new tactic being to cordon off a number of possible routes for his motorcade and not letting anyone, even the local LEOs know the actual route until the last minute. This tactic has continued with Obama, but with an added twist: now, when POTUS visits LA, his usual group of three choppers is now augmented with a trio of Osprey aircraft flying escort. I can always tell when POTUS is coming to LA; the Ospreys will fly dry runs over LA for a couple of days before POTUS arrives; a low altitude flight of those bizarre machines is something you can't miss. There has been speculation the Ospreys have been deployed as escorts in a move to change public perception of the troubled defense project...



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