Giving a sly wink to a ruling monarch of a country is probably not included in any book of royal etiquette. That’s what happened last Monday after US president George Bush mangled his greeting to Queen Elizabeth on her state visit to the US.

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Stumbling over his words, he even came perilously close to suggesting that the monarch had toured the States in 1776. Comment on Dubya's "gift for the gaffe".

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