Trump Keeps Queen Waiting Before Windsor Castle Tea
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U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t renowned for being shy and retiring, but then he hasn’t met the Queen before. He kept his handshake short and stooped to hear what the U.K.’s diminutive 92-year-old monarch had to say as she welcomed him to Windsor Castle.
Half-shaded by a tent, Queen Elizabeth II stood in a blue hat and coat in blazing sunshine waiting for the president and first lady Melania Trump to arrive. And waited. It was more than 10 minutes before the black Range Rover pulled up on the gravel.