Maybe a sign of things to come...

 I was just reading through some papers and came across this article and thought how appropriate it is now some 19 years later. It seems nothing changes and as the saying goes ....a leopard never changes it's spots!

This refers to a visit to the U.K. by President Putin in 2003.  It was, at the time, a first visit by a Russian leader for 125 years so it was quite an occasion. 

Queen Elizabeth is strictly neutral on political issues but was overheard to make an interesting observation. The Home secretary, who had a guide dog, apologised to The Queen at an official function because his dog kept barking at President Putin and wouldn't stop.  The Queen was said to have remarked "Dogs have interesting instincts, don't they?". 

Rather an appropriate comment you would have to agree.

Lord Patten who also attended and was European Commissioner in early 2000's described Mr. Putin as "probably the nastiest man I have ever met. I met him on a number of occasions when I was European Commissioner. He is a killer". He continued.."It is said about him that you can take the man out of the KGB but you can't take the KGB out of the man."

It is also reported that he kept The Queen waiting for 14 minutes at one meeting...something that is a no no for anyone meeting The Queen.

This is an interesting photo taken at the time. I wonder just what The Queen was thinking? 


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