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The Queen is due to meet Donald Trump and everyone hopes she’ll pull a sickie

The Queen is expected to meet President Donald Trump today and nobody’s convinced that she really wants to.

One answer might be to do what everyone else does when they really don’t want to go to work.

https://twitter.com/Grumbletwat/status/1015379529039273984

It’s an idea supported by these 16 people.

It looked like she might have been setting up the excuse when she didn’t attend Prince Louis’ christening.

https://twitter.com/AlixWiltonRegan/status/1016391285802962946

An actual doctor had an idea for the exact ailment that would be acceptable.

There were some suggestions that a refusal to meet Trump might do wonders for her popularity.

https://twitter.com/AidanJohnMoffat/status/1017688446435983360

And someone suggested sending in a substitute.

However, plenty of people thought she should let the meeting go ahead.

https://twitter.com/philosophybites/status/1017434761156055042

Let’s face it, none of us would blame her if she did something really drastic to get out of having to risk having to talk to him.

As a bonus, let’s imagine what this would be like.

UPDATE

And here are the latest pictures from the palace.

https://twitter.com/chummzzy/status/1017636688196243456

Happy and glorious.