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June 11th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Mail Foreign Service
17:28 EST, 10 June 2012
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17:28 EST, 10 June 2012
Spain’s foreign minister has described as ‘deeply unfortunate’ today’s royal visit to Gibraltar by the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
As excited residents hung out flags and bunting to welcome Prince Edward and his wife Sophie Rhys-Jones, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo rained on their parade, making it clear that the Spanish government was vehemently against the three-day visit.
Speaking to reporters at the end of a conference in Madrid, he said: ‘I said from the outset that this visit was deeply unfortunate. Spain’s reaction is well known.’
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, will visit the disputed UK territory of Gibraltar
When asked if the Spanish government would take additional steps to protest at the visit, Mr Margallo said: ‘We have not stopped taking measures.’
It was the second time that he has complained about the royal visit – last month he referred to it as ‘unfortunate both in timing and manner’.
Tensions between Britain and Spain have increased in recent weeks due to a dispute over fishing rights off the peninsula, a UK territory which Spain also claims.
Spanish fishermen are demanding the right to fish in Gibraltar waters, in breach of a 1999 ruling. Some 59 Spanish boats based in towns near the Rock are affected by the ban on using their nets there.
But residents on Gibraltar are determined to pull out all the stops for the royal couple.
They are due to arrive at lunchtime today and will be met by Gibraltar’s Governor Sir Adrian Johns and the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo.
Diamond Jubilee celebrations were held in Gibraltar where a group of Spanish protesters intervened
After that, they will be driven to nearby RAF Gibraltar to inspect a tri-service Guard of Honour.
As part of a packed three-day itinerary, the Earl and Countess will lay the foundation stone for Gibraltar’s Diamond Jubilee Monument, attend a Queen’s Birthday Parade, tour Main Street in front of thousands of Gibraltarians and visit the headquarters of the British Forces.
They will also meet 91-year-old Aurelio Montegriffo, who dined with the Queen when she visited Gibraltar in 1954.
Of Spain’s reaction, Mr Montegriffo said: ‘It is just ridiculous. Everyone here is so excited. Why do they have to be so silly about it?’
Last month, in the shadow of the fishing dispute and the planned royal visit, Queen Sofia of Spain pulled out of attending a Jubilee lunch at Windsor Castle – a move which came at the request of the incensed Spanish government.
And last week, a group of Spaniards was escorted out of Gibraltar for their own safety after angering locals celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Police took the five football fans to the border after a 50-strong mob surrounded them, claiming to have been provoked by seeing one of them kissing the badge on his Spanish national football shirt.
Royal Gibraltar Police said: ‘People are hyper-sensitive at the moment and you can compare kissing the badge to going round Tel Aviv celebrating Hitler. We moved them for their own safety.’
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Am I missing something? Why should a member of the British royal family not visit British sovereign territory. A bit like a Spanish royal not being able to visit either Ceuta or Melilla (both on the north coast of Morocco). What’s good for the goose…..
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The UK should return Gib back to Spain the day after Spain gives the Canaries back to Morroco Ye FAT CHANCE
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If I just asked my neighbors for a huge amount of money to bail me out of financial problems that I brought on myself, I’d probably not be in any position to make trouble with one of them. In fact, I would be ashamed to criticize the people who had been so extraordinarily kind as to BAIL ME OUT OF MY OWN STUPID MESS.
Spain should really think about that.
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And i bet Spain wants us to contribute to the bailout of there banks as well. Gibralter is British and will remain so…………..
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Time to put the people to work Cameron. Re-open the dock yards, get some ships built, man the munitions factories, put the Spanish speaking world back in its place. Thatcher wouldn’t have allowed it, now prove you’re as much of a man as she was.
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Prince WHO?
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What is with this stubborn insistence of the DM in continuing to use the maiden names of women who have married into the Royal Family. Do you believe we will not know of whom you refer if you write Sophie, Countess of Wessex or Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge throughout an article?
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I suppose the taxpayer is funding this “jolly”–if the parasitic relatives of one of the richest women in the world wish to go around provoking other nations –let them fund the costs themselves- THERE ARE FAR BETTER THING FOR MY TAX MONEY TO BE USED FOR –IMPROVING CASH STRAPPED PUBLIC SERVICES FOR INSTANCE
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Regarding the fishing dispute, they should remember that it’s because of EU rules that they have been able to be a main contributor to stripping our waters of fish and in many cases, taking undersized harvests too. I look forward to the day when we can tell them to get the hell OUT of our waters around our mainland and see our stocks replenish. And the Spanish should remember that Gibralter is ours. End of.
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This visit is entirely inappropriate. We are all states of the European Union and it is only right that Gibraltar is locally governed from Madrid. Why is Britain such a poor European and so incalcitrant over such matters.
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