London Ninja

So it finally happened. I got a chance to greet the queen, the Prime Minister, and a former Prime Minister.

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands, all my royal folks showed up at the Buckingham Palace to remember the warriors. In case you are as ignorant about this war as I was, here’s some history for you:

The conflict, which followed Argentina’s seizure of the islands on April 2, 1982, cost the lives of 255 British servicemen, many of them lost at sea, and more than 600 Argentines — half of them in the sinking of the battleship General Belgrano.

The defeat of Argentina, which continues to claim the islands it calls Las Malvinas, hastened the collapse of the military regime of Gen. Leopoldo F. Galtieri. He died in 2003, under house arrest and indicted for alleged human rights abuses.

Thatcher ordered the British fleet on an 8,000-mile journey to the South Atlantic to retake the islands after diplomacy failed. Victory in the Falklands sealed Thatcher’s image as the “Iron Lady” and paved the way for election victories in 1983 and 1987.

So I show up at the Palace and was able to snap this:

The person ahead of them is George W….I think…but I wasn’t wearing my glasses so who knows. Maybe it’s time for Lasik. Ok, so I thought it was the Queen this whole time. I mean, who else would wear a bright pink outfit like that? Margarat Thatcher. Yes, the Margarat Thatcher, PM of UK from 1979 – 1990. I think Tony Blair used to look good in history until he met that man that is walking in front of him and Thatcher there…Sorry, Blair. California and I tried to get that man out of office.

So I think the queen drove by and waved but I was not prepared to take that picture as I was looking at a rather annoying nearing-puberty kid in front of me. For all my stories to friends and family, however, this lady in pink was the queen and the man in front is George W, so start spreading that story instead of the truth in true Thatcher form.