Queen Elizabeth hit with Bushism — UNITED STATES | 世界のニュースを英語で読むならジャパンタイムズウィークリー


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Queen Elizabeth hit with Bushism

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Washington turned out adoring schoolchildren and ladies in hats for Queen Elizabeth II's visit. The White House, too, laid on special touches at President George W. Bush's first-ever white-tie state dinner to honor America's closest ally and make the queen feel welcome.

On the other hand, there was the president suggesting Queen Elizabeth was over 230 years old.

The president's slip of the tongue during morning welcoming speeches was inadvertent, of course, and smoothed over with humor.

The queen, a sprightly 81, gave an embarrassed Bush a gracious nod after he suggested she had celebrated the United States' founding in 1776. He meant to say she had attended 1976 bicentennial festivities.

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