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Video: Elizabeth II Calls Chinese Envoys ‘Very Rude’

In event feed from Buckingham Palace.

Queen Elizabeth II was caught on camera lamenting how rude Chinese officials were while they were preparing for a state visit last October. During a conversation with Metropolitan Police Commander Lucy D’Orsi at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, she is heard calling the incident “extraordinary.” D’Orsi said the whole event was a “testing time” and said that at one point Chinese officials even walked out of a meeting with British Ambassador Barbara Woodway and declared the visit “was off.” The queen says in the video: “They were very rude to the ambassador.” D’Orsi adds, “It was very rude and very undiplomatic, I thought.” Buckingham Palace released Tuesday’s video feed to the media after it was shot by an official cameraman for the queen.