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Britain's Queen Elizabeth gives her speech next to Ireland's President Mary McAleese (R) during the state dinner at Dublin Castle in Dublin May 18, 2011
Friday, May. 18, 2012

Open quoteIt is outrageous that the Queen has invited royal tyrants to celebrate her diamond jubilee.Close quote

  • PETER TATCHELL,
  • British human rights campaigner, criticizing the U.K. Foreign Office for their controversial guest list of the Queen's historic lunch of sovereign monarchs, which includes the King of Bahrain, accused of brutally suppressing pro-democracy uprisings
Photo: Arthur Edwards / Reuters | Source: Guardian