The BBC reported that in China, items about the queen's remarks were censored from its news bulletins. The queen says: 'They were very rude to the ambassador.'Ĭhinese President Xi Jinping with Queen Elizabeth II at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace, London, during the first day of his state visit to Britain. 'Oh, bad luck,' the queen says in response.ĭ'Orsi then describes her dealings with Chinese officials as 'quite a testing time' and recounts that at one point they had walked out of a meeting and told her 'the trip was off.' In footage broadcast by the BBC, the queen is seen meeting senior police officer Lucy D'Orsi, who is introduced by an official as having been in charge of security during Xi's visit in October last year. Under her constitutional role, the 90-year-old monarch never makes any politically or diplomatically sensitive comments in public, and it is rare for the content of her private conversations to be revealed. His comments were especially awkward as he is hosting both countries' leaders at an anti-corruption conference in London on Thursday, while the queen's comments are not helpful to the British government's determined efforts to court Beijing to boost trade ties with China. She made the comments at a garden party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, the same day that Britain's prime minister, David Cameron, was filmed making undiplomatic remarks about Nigeria and Afghanistan being corrupt countries. Queen Elizabeth has been caught on camera saying Chinese officials were 'very rude' to the British ambassador during a state visit to Britain by President Xi Jinping last year. Queen Elizabeth has been caught on camera saying Chinese officials were 'very rude' to the British ambassador during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Britain last year.īritain's Queen Elizabeth speaks to Prime Minister David Cameron during a reception in Buckingham Palace to mark the the Queen's 90th Birthday, in London, Britain May 10, 2016.

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