NBCNews.com - Keir Simmons, 9/26/12
Peter Morrison / AP
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on June 26.
The BBC apologized on Tuesday after Gardner reported a conversation with the queen.
LONDON - Imagine this: President Barack Obama makes an indiscreet remark to a reporter. The White House complains after the journalist reports the newsworthy encounter. The reporter and his network apologize. Hard to visualize, isn’t it? But something very similar did happen with the U.K.'s head of state this week.
Highly respected BBC journalist Frank Gardner reported a controversial conversation with Queen Elizabeth II about radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Mazri, who on Monday lost his appeal against extradition to the United States to face terrorism charges.
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When don't reporters piss off the queen?
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ISN"T SHE A BEAUTIFUL REPTILE????
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Who cares. When are the brits
Who cares. When are the brits gooing to wake up and give the so called 'royals' t5heir walking papers?