Queen now oldest monarch in the world reveals she took saudi king on a joy ride to prove women can d - Polidicks

[quote][i]With the recent death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Queen Elizabeth has accumulated yet another title: the world’s oldest living monarch.[/i] Shashank Joshi, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, [URL="https://twitter.com/shashj/status/558564766021869569/photo/1"]tweeted a screenshot[/URL]of Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles’ recollection of a story he heard first from the queen and later from King Abdullah about a 1998 visit between the pair at the royal estate Balmoral in Scotland. Abdullah was then only the crown prince, and Queen Elizabeth decided to have a little fun with him. She offered him a tour of the Balmoral grounds and, to his surprise, jumped into the driver’s seat of one of the “royal Land Rovers” to give the tour herself. “Women are not — yet — allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, and Abdullah was not used to being driven by a woman, let alone a queen,” Cowper-Coles wrote. “His nervousness only increased as the Queen, an Army driver in wartime, accelerated the Land Rover along the narrow Scottish estate roads, talking all the time. Through his interpreter, the crown prince implored the Queen to slow down and concentrate on the road ahead.” Abdullah, who died this week at age 90, would go on to become regarded as a reformer, if a modest one. His sponsorship of the Arab Peace Initiative and harsh stance against conservative Islamist clerics following the 9/11 attacks earned him praise internationally. Yet the Saudi Arabia that King Abdullah left behind is still extremely old school in a lot of ways; for instance, women are [I]still[/I] not allowed to drive. Did that magical joy ride with Queen Elizabeth mean nothing to him? It obviously meant something to Cowper-Coles, who, despite being technically barred from repeating the queen’s private comments or reporting on her hijinks, deemed the story “too funny not to repeat.”[/quote] [img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8EQj6KCQAA6-yt.jpg[/img] [url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/queen-elizabeth-once-pranked-saudi-king-abdullah-bin-abdulaziz-222314592.html#Ftf4ULL]Pretty badass queen[/url]

Sounds like he was genuinely scared to have a woman drive him.

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It's probably through the queen that women still can't drive in Saudi Arabia because they'll make all the male drivers look like shit. :v:

[QUOTE=download;47007082]Sounds like he was genuinely scared to have a woman drive him.[/QUOTE] He probably took all those "women can't drive" jokes seriously.

[quote]“Women are not — yet — allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, and Abdullah was not used to being driven by a woman, let alone a queen,” Cowper-Coles wrote. “His nervousness only increased as the Queen, an Army driver in wartime, accelerated the Land Rover along the narrow Scottish estate roads, talking all the time. Through his interpreter, the crown prince implored the Queen to slow down and concentrate on the road ahead.”[/quote] Sounds like straight out of a comedy flick!

Imagine the queen handing him some pacenotes while putting on her hans device and saying "sorry, couldn't reach Nicky Grist in time for todays tour, so you'll have to do his work"

[QUOTE=download;47007082]Sounds like he was genuinely scared to have a woman drive him.[/QUOTE]If it's 70 year old anything I'd be piss scared too.

the queen's more badass than we all let on

[QUOTE=itisjuly;47007154]If it's 70 year old anything I'd be piss scared too.[/QUOTE] Cept lemmy

[quote]His nervousness only increased as the Queen, an Army driver in wartime[/quote] Figure these should be posted. [t]http://i.imgur.com/lf3mIDX.png[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/wd5R2P4.png[/t]

This sounds like something from a quirky comedy-drama.

[i]He's the King of Saudi Arabia. She's the Queen of England. But what he DOESN'T know is that she's also a street racer! Hold onto your Keffiyehs in the latest comedy...[/i] [b]Mean Shieks of London![/b]

Wow. She proved that women [i]and[/i] old people can drive. I'm impressed.

[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;47007378][i]He's the King of Saudi Arabia. She's the Queen of England. But what he DOESN'T know is that she's also a street racer! Hold onto your Keffiyehs in the latest comedy...[/i] [b]Mean Shieks of London![/b][/QUOTE] Written and Directed by Guy Richie. Coming to theaters March 17, 2015.

And I thought ours was old Congrats England on having the cooler queen

The Queen = Best Monarch

[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;47007378][i]He's the King of Saudi Arabia. She's the Queen of England. But what he DOESN'T know is that she's also a street racer! Hold onto your Keffiyehs in the latest comedy...[/i] [b]Mean Shieks of London![/b][/QUOTE] Need for Shiek?

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[QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;47007546]I know for a fact that women from the middle east can't drive. I live in an area with a lot of foreign people, and so many women have nearly crashed into me. And every time they park near me, they hit my car with their door like they just don't give a shit. I usually just let it slide, but there have been a few times where I'm like "hey what the fuck?"[/QUOTE] I can't believe you're almost trying to present an argument for a country literally outlawing women drivers

[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;47007105]Sounds like straight out of a comedy flick![/QUOTE] That's fucking badass.

[QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;47007546]I know for a fact that women from the middle east can't drive. [/QUOTE] no you don't

thought at first: Well yeah it's obvious that women can drive but then I realized she did this to the Saudi king which is kind of like a big 'fuck you' since that's practically one of the worst countries on the planet for women

[QUOTE=HazzaHardie;47007522]The Queen = Best Monarch[/QUOTE] nah mate, she aint got shit on the swedish king [img]http://i.imgur.com/ye9O8PO.jpg[/img]

.....and now we need to have the Queen as the SIARPC on Top Gear. MAKE IT HAPPEN, BBC!

The Queen will live forever, and only collect more and more notoriety for simply outliving everyone. Of course, the Swedish king is great fun, given all the silly story and pictures that come from him.

[QUOTE=TestECull;47008199].....and now we need to have the Queen as the SIARPC on Top Gear. MAKE IT HAPPEN, BBC![/QUOTE] this would be the most incredible thing. I'd love to watch a little old lady rip a (whatever tg uses for their cheap-o car now) around their track. She'd probably get an awesome time :v:

Imagine if the Queen set a new record on Top Gear or something. I think they'd have to discontinue it, because who would want to do better than the Queen?

God bless.

[QUOTE=itisjuly;47007154]If it's 70 year old anything I'd be piss scared too.[/QUOTE] There's quite a few times I almost got into an accident with elderly drivers/riders. I basically just speed up or just do something to get out of those elderly drivers general area of influence.