And she met with trump... But asking her to ride in a carriage with suspension made out of leather, when she is in her 90's... That is not distasteful, it is physically dangerous. I can even understand trump suggesting it, but when the dangers to a very old woman was explained to him, he really should have stopped pushing for it.
That is my two cents. Here is two more cents.
I do not always have much respect for the whole idea of a monarchy, but the Queen has known she was going to be Queen or has been Queen for 83 years. That is 83 years to her mind she has served the British people. I think she has done her best at that job. There are few other people who have served their nation for that long. I mean she even repaired trucks for the war effort in WWII.
Her husband Prince Phillip was not born English. He was born in the Greek Royal Family that quickly went into exile. Almost every other member of his family chose to be German. He not only chose to be English, but he backed that up by bravely serving the English during WWII. He could have sat out the war in comfort, but instead chose to put himself in dangers way. He is very old, and is often not politically correct... But his service allowed us to be politically correct. Imagine how tough it was for someone like him to be second fiddle to his wife.