The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday described Britain’s decision not to invite representatives to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II next Monday (19) as “deeply immoral”.
“We see how deeply immoral is Britain’s attempt to use a national tragedy that has touched the hearts of millions around the world for geopolitical purposes to settle accounts with our country in a few days of grief,” the ministry spokeswoman said . Russian, Maria Zakharova, in a statement.
Zakharova explained that the British Foreign Office had informed the Russian embassy in London of the decision to “refrain” from inviting representatives of the country.
“As an excuse for this move, the British cited Russia’s current special military operation in Ukraine,” he said.
The diplomat recalled that during the Second World War Elizabeth II served “in the ranks of the territorial defense of the British army in the fight against the Nazis and their Ukrainian accomplices”.
Zakharova, who stressed that the late monarch avoided interfering in government affairs, offered her “deep condolences” to the British people for their “great loss”.
Last week, Putin sent a telegram of condolence on the Queen’s death, emphasizing “authority on the world stage,” followed by a telegram in which he warned Charles III. congratulated on the official proclamation as the new British monarch.
According to Buckingham Palace, Elizabeth II is to be buried at Windsor Castle next Monday (19th), where the remains of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died in 2021, lie.
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