Discuss Ronan O'Gara meets the Queen. at the Current Affairs, News and Analysis forum within the The Army Rumour Service website; Sorry if this has been done before, but have you seen this?
I'd say that ...
I suppose you'd expect a Northern Irish loyalist to bow and scrape to the Irish president?
I accept his right not to show subservience to a foreign monarch.
No one was expecting him to bow and scrape, but to show at least a little respect - if not for a Head of State, then at least to an elder. Slouching there with his hands in his pockets... HM should have clipped him around the ear and told him to stand up straight! :P
A few years ago. Landsdowne Road, final match of the 6N and Ireland and England vying for honours.
Red carpet rolled out, Martin Johnson & co. make Mary Mac (who, incidentally, has the same status as her maj) walk off the red carpet and onto the pitch. Disrespectful or a tactical masterstroke? If that had happened at Twickers we'd still be hearing about it...
Maybe ROG had that in mind. Both as disrespectful as each other, in my opinion.
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