Due to the fact that President Alberto Fernández and Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero were participating in the summit of the United Nations Organization (UN) that takes place in New York, United States, the presence of the Argentine ambassador by the UK.
Alessandra Viggiano Marra, wife of Javier Figueroa, who is Argentine ambassador by United Kingdom, experienced a small and uncomfortable situation when entering the chapel of King George VI of Windsor Castle. The Marshall of the diplomatic corps did not greet her like everyone else. The moment was captured and she has already gone around the world, at least 4 million people saw it.
In statements by Figueroa’s wife: “We were passing by and all the people who came in front of me were shaking his hand because he is the Marshall of the diplomatic corps, which is the equivalent of the director of the ceremony”
To continue his sentence, Viggiano highlighted: “He knows all of us diplomats who are accredited in the United Kingdom. It is seen that, in the eagerness to make people pass, he did not see me. And in the end he concluded:He didn’t do it on purpose and there’s nothing behind it”.
About Elizabeth II
Born on April 21, 1926 at Balmoral Castle and died on September 8, she was the UK monarch from his accession to the throne in 1952 until his death in 2022.
She was in turn the supreme governor of the Church of England and politically represented her nation to the world. In 2007 she became the longest-serving monarch in British history surpassing the 81 of his great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria.
