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Former Israeli President Describes Frosty Relationship with Queen Elizabeth
(Jewish News-UK) Speaking in London at a dinner for the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin revealed his frosty relationship with Queen Elizabeth II. "The relationship between us and Queen Elizabeth was a little bit difficult, because she believed that every one of us was either a terrorist or a son of a terrorist. She refused to accept any Israeli official into (Buckingham) Palace, apart from international occasions." By comparison, he revealed King Charles III was always "so friendly." King Charles twice visited Israel unofficially for the funerals of Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, before undertaking an official visit in 2020. Queen Elizabeth II never visited Israel during her 70-year reign.