LAST EDITED ON Jan-26-15 AT 08:09 PM (EST)
 
>the gist of it is, Abdullah visited the UK in 2003 and Elizabeth
>II took him to visit Balmoral Castle in Scotland, and she insisted on
>doing the driving herself, at what were apparently terror-inducing
>speeds.

The punch line, of course, being that women aren't allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. A tidbit of which one is sure Her Majesty was well aware when she arranged that little expedition.

So that was Liz putting the boot in, in more ways than one. God save the Queen.

--G.
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