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Government pleads with Prince Harry not to invite Barack Obama to his wedding (Original Post) iluvtennis Dec 2017 OP
Afraid of a snub over a wedding invitation? Dread Pirate Roberts Dec 2017 #1
Murdoch publishes the Sun. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #27
World tells Harry And Meghan it is their own damn wedding and to invite who they want to invite Freethinker65 Dec 2017 #2
Harry (can I call you Harry?), invite whoever you want. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2017 #3
Seriously? cwydro Dec 2017 #4
Doesn't Matter Horizens Dec 2017 #5
Government pleads with Prince Harry not to invite Barack Obama to his wedding Gothmog Dec 2017 #6
Do it, Harry dalton99a Dec 2017 #7
Fuck the Sun...n/t bluecollar2 Dec 2017 #8
Exactly ornotna Dec 2017 #22
I don't think it is customary to invite foreign government officials to these events, anyway Siwsan Dec 2017 #9
Obama is a private citizen now. He is no longer a government official. LonePirate Dec 2017 #11
Farewell, English Muffins. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2017 #12
lol Cha Dec 2017 #30
Exactly to my point! Siwsan Dec 2017 #13
Prince Harry does things his own way. roamer65 Dec 2017 #10
Infuriating Donald Trump? MineralMan Dec 2017 #14
Ha! Beat me to it!! 2naSalit Dec 2017 #21
Trump is SUPER-PETTY! Earlier this year, TheDebbieDee Dec 2017 #15
"Mustn't make Papa Doc mad!" IS THIS SERIOUS?? HughBeaumont Dec 2017 #16
"They begged me to come..." Orsino Dec 2017 #17
I can totally see him using that excuse when he does not attend the Queens funeral nt maryellen99 Dec 2017 #18
Oh, to be Prince Harry for just one day! jmowreader Dec 2017 #19
They should be concerned, and we should be also. Hortensis Dec 2017 #20
Oh no! Not "The Government"!! Iggo Dec 2017 #23
invite OBAMA and tRump BUT bluestarone Dec 2017 #24
I doubt if Harry and Meghan pay much attention to the Sun NastyRiffraff Dec 2017 #25
Make President Obama your best man Harry! workinclasszero Dec 2017 #26
Hell, I'd even invite the Obamas to my honeymoon if I thought it would piss off Trump. n/t Frustratedlady Dec 2017 #28
Most definitely! workinclasszero Dec 2017 #29
He is also friends with Michelle Obama. This has nothing to do with Trump... Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #31

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
1. Afraid of a snub over a wedding invitation?
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:11 PM
Dec 2017

Folks in Great Britain are scared of pissing off Trump over a wedding? Man, if that's how complex international relations need to be conducted we are truly screwed. "it was really in our nation's best interest to support you on this issue but since I didn't get invited to the wedding....".

 

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)
27. Murdoch publishes the Sun.
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 03:03 PM
Dec 2017

The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Since The Sun on Sunday was launched in February 2012, the paper has been a seven-day operation. As a broadsheet, it was founded in 1964 as a successor to the Daily Herald; it became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owners.[6] It is published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.[7][8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)

Consider the source!

Freethinker65

(10,029 posts)
2. World tells Harry And Meghan it is their own damn wedding and to invite who they want to invite
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:12 PM
Dec 2017

How silly that anyone really cares about this

Buns_of_Fire

(17,188 posts)
3. Harry (can I call you Harry?), invite whoever you want.
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:17 PM
Dec 2017

Personally, though, I wouldn't want that boorish orange asshole anywhere NEAR my wedding, grabbing the guests in their nether regions and hogging all the KFC and beautiful chocolate wedding cake.

But invite who you and Meghan want. It's your wedding, and P.M. May can't fire you from the royal family.

Gothmog

(145,433 posts)
6. Government pleads with Prince Harry not to invite Barack Obama to his wedding
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:20 PM
Dec 2017

Prince Harry needs to invite the Obamas https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5210122/harry-meghan-wedding-trump-obama/

GOVERNMENT mandarins are urging Prince Harry not to invite the Obamas to his wedding for fear of infuriating Donald Trump.

Harry and fiancée Meghan Markle have told aides they want the former US president and wife Michelle at their big day on May 19.

Snub trump and invite the Obamas.

Siwsan

(26,281 posts)
9. I don't think it is customary to invite foreign government officials to these events, anyway
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:34 PM
Dec 2017

The wedding will be at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. I've been there - it's a much smaller venue than St. Paul's or Westminster Abbey. It's where Prince Charles and Camilla were married. I don't think the Bushes were invited to that ceremony.

I think the government officials are more worried that this will trigger trump* to do something unprecedented and unpresidential. Ok, that's pretty much his every day routine, but not on a global level.

LonePirate

(13,427 posts)
11. Obama is a private citizen now. He is no longer a government official.
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:52 PM
Dec 2017

I hope he is invited because I want 45 to embarrass himself when he overreacts like we all know he will.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,188 posts)
12. Farewell, English Muffins.
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:01 PM
Dec 2017

By Presidential Order, they shall now be referred to only as "Trump Muffins" (to honor our Dear Leader's dainty hindquarters).

Siwsan

(26,281 posts)
13. Exactly to my point!
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:02 PM
Dec 2017

There is a wonderful warmness between the Royals and the Obamas, the likes of which I've never seen, before. I believe there is a genuine fondness that is shared between them.

 

TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)
15. Trump is SUPER-PETTY! Earlier this year,
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:12 PM
Dec 2017

Trump dis-suaded a South American nation from bestowing an honor to former Pres Jimmy Carter!

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
16. "Mustn't make Papa Doc mad!" IS THIS SERIOUS??
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:12 PM
Dec 2017

I sure as shit hope "Twice the Pride, Double the Fall" eventually applies to Orange Lincoln Rockwell. This Cult of Personality is getting pathetic.

jmowreader

(50,561 posts)
19. Oh, to be Prince Harry for just one day!
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:25 PM
Dec 2017

Meghan and I would invite the Obamas to be in our wedding party.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
20. They should be concerned, and we should be also.
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:27 PM
Dec 2017

How many here have the resources to ride out even a little war? And by resources, I very much mean food, water and adequate shelter for all, and for some vital medications and medical services.

We've never been here before: 330 million people depending on a just-in-time delivery chain for life itself.

And power. Most municipal backup systems are pre-Reagan era, poorly maintained post-Reagan, and have an appalling tendency to break down when needed. The ACA mandates hospitals be able to provide 4 days of power, a great improvement over what was. For 4 days.

For whom it may concern, it's winter. And for the rest, after comes summer.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
25. I doubt if Harry and Meghan pay much attention to the Sun
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 02:54 PM
Dec 2017

The government, maybe, but as others have said, it's their wedding. The Queen likely has more say than Theresa May in a family wedding. I don't know her of course, but I doubt if she gives a shit about what Trump thinks.

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