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An open letter to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles

Dear Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, Reading the press coverage of President Trump's visit to your family has embarrassed me enough that I feel compelled to write this open letter of apology for his behavior. Now I realize I am not there, so I can't report first hand on his demeanor, his conversation or his humor but we all know him well - too well - so that having him represent us makes us cringe. Most Americans are not all blowhards and pompous greedy liars. We are mostly people who want to work with other nations of the world to create a safe and fair place for ourselves and children. We don't denigrate people of other races. We don't insult our allies. We don't turn our back on generations of cooperation to keep world war from happening again. And mostly we don't lie. I have seen enough English movies and TV shows to know that the perfect English butler treats even the lowest persons with the same grace that he treats royalty. He learns this from the