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Fri, 23/07/2010 - 00:00 |  Martin Wingfield
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 23RD JULY 2010: This morning Andrew Brons MEP wrote the following letter to the editor of The Guardian:

Dear editor,

I write in reply to your claims concerning my attendance at Buckingham Palace yesterday, in which you state that:
"In his leader's absence, Brons, the MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, cut a distinctly isolated figure among the clergy, civic leaders, members of the military and charity workers also attending the garden party, the last of three at the palace this summer. He had boasted on his website that he would be "welcomed at Buckingham Palace by Her Majesty the Queen" but found himself several rows back in the crowd lining the Queen's route towards the refreshment tent, with no chance of meeting her, let alone being welcomed. He spoke to no one except his daughter Emma. Brons told the Guardian: "The cucumber sandwiches were excellent. I don't blame the Queen for this. I think it's down to the politicians."

It is not true that I spoke to nobody apart from my daughter. We exchanged  a few words with the people ahead of us in the queue. They knew who we were although they were quick to point out that they were not supporters of the BNP. We exchanged a few words with other people in the grounds. However, they probably did not know who I was and I did not know who they were. In fact most people seemed to talk only to people within their own circles or people whom they recognised. Only a very small number of people gave any indication that they recognised me.
 
The article states that I said on my web-site that I thought that I was going to be,"welcomed at Buckingham Palace by Her Majesty the Queen". These words were put on my website without my knowledge and consent and as soon as I read them I arranged for them to be removed and I have never suggested here or anywhere else that I would be welcomed by or have any access to the Queen. It was made quite clear that the Queen would meet only very carefully selected people and I have never been naive enough to think that I would be one of them. Indeed I believe that it is more appropriate for the Queen to confine her attention to those who have no political involvement.
 
Andrew Brons
MEP for Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire

 

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