The Queen's advisors admitted last night that they had "missed a trick" and that President Obama had "pulled a bigger crowd" with his gig in Ireland because of his loudly proclaimed Irish ancestry.
"We made the mistake of thinking that just being a visiting head-of-state would be a big enough draw" they said. "It was only when we noticed that even the President of the USA had to play the 'Irish Great-great-great-great grandfather' card in order to get the punters in, that we had blown it."
"As for willingness to drink a pint of Guinness (or not)- well, let's just say that we're grateful that diplomatic relations haven't been broken off."
