Britain's Queen Elizabeth's dress sense has been criticized by a New York journalist during her recent state visit to the U.S. New York Post columnist Cindy Adams launched a scathing attack on the 81-year-old monarch's choice of attire for her week-long tour.
Adams wrote: "Forget the hats, shoes, hairdo, wardrobe, armpit-length gloves and schlepping that stupid, black, long-strap, hanging handbag that must have her bus tokens, mad money, cell phone and keys to the kingdom, and we won't even discuss the bad bra.
"But please, is no one in England whispering, 'Your Maj, hon, a multimillion-dollar tiara does not go with plastic, drugstore eyeglasses.'"
Elizabeth, who has four children and seven grandchildren, ended her visit to the U.S. on Tuesday.
Before departing, the queen hosted a white-tie banquet at the White House, where she got the last laugh following U.S. President George Bush's earlier gaffe.
Addressing fellow guests in her dinner speech, the royal teased: "I wonder whether I should start this toast by saying, 'When I was here in 1776.'"
Bush, who mistakenly said the queen had helped the U.S. celebrate its bicentennial in 1776, instead of 1976, in his welcoming speech, replied: "Your Majesty, I can't top that one."
Jokes aside, the queen toasted the close and enduring relationship between the U.K. and the U.S.
Her visit, which was her first in 16 years, included a stop in Virginia, where she paid her respects to the victims of the recent Virginia Tech University shootings, and Kentucky, where she attended the popular derby for the first time.
The queen then visited Maryland, where she watched NASA astronauts at work, before rounding the trip off at Washington where she paid honor to U.S. soldiers at the National World War II Memorial and visited a children's hospital before dining with the president.
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