QuoteAll seems to have been forgiven after this summer's Royal Ascot row when some members of Qatar's ruling Al-Thani family were upset that they were not sufficiently feted at the races.
This weekend, the Queen returned to the Berkshire racecourse to present the gas-rich Gulf state's Sheik Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Thani with a trophy after his horse, Charm Spirit, won the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.
Princess Michael of Kent was spotted in conversation with Sheik Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Thani, the boss of Qipco, Royal Ascot's first commercial partner.
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Cindy
meanwhile we could have a conversation about Quatar's role in the Syrian mess and horror show. There is an awful lot of cozying up to questionable gulf state sheiks not just by the royals but in general that is so questionable yet one never sees any real journalistic discussion about it.