I don’t know, those pesky Americans come over to the UK and not only try to dictate monetary policy but also offend our Queen. What is the world coming to?

To be fair to Michelle Obama, who as this video quite clearly shows, patted the Queen of England on the back in a complete show of defiance against protocol, this really is much ado about nothing. I’m sure old Queenie really couldn’t give two hoots.

However, the British press, particularly the right-wing British press (The Sun, Daily Mail) who may not have supported Barack Obama as President, have seized upon the incident and made headlines of it. Be assured that most British people think it’s funny rather than rude.

This incident topped an earlier one where President Obama gave the Queen an iPod loaded with show tunes as a gift. What a great gift… why the complaints? Could it be because the Queen is more a fan of death metal?