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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Paul Lester

Obama wants to include the Queen in D-Day ceremonies

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said today that Barack Obama wants the Queen to be included in ceremonies honouring the 65th anniversary of D-Day in in Normandy, France.

Gibbs said White House officials are working to see if they can find a way to involve the Queen in the ceremonies on 6 June after Buckingham Palace said last week she wasn't invited to attend.

French officials denied they snubbed the Queen and said she is welcome to come to the event and blamed the UK for deciding who should attend the predominately "Franco-American ceremony".

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