Was President Obama not invited to the Queen'a funeral?

[Ferrets are Cool]

[secondwind]

1. Perhaps he couldn't go? Obama is very sensitive about his

being in the public eye. Perhaps he doesn’t want to distract.

[jimfields33]

4. He wasn't invited nor were the other former presidents.

Space very limited.

[Raine]

8. Only current heads of state were invited

because of space and security.

[Disaffected]

9. I don't think that is the case.

Canada for instance has the Prime Minister, the Governor General and former Prime Ministers attending.

[Celerity]

11. Canada is in the Commonwealth

[Disaffected]

12. True and that may explain the difference.

The OP should then have stated it as 'only heads of state from non-commonwealth countries'.

[Ocelot II]

2. Only the Bidens - space and security considerations.

[70sEraVet]

3. If former President Obama had been invited, then diplomatically, other former Presidents

would have to have been invited. And they know that TFG would have worn his favorite ' meeting-the -queen' suit!

[msongs]

15. obama would be invited as a friend of the family, not a politician IMO nt

[allegorical oracle]

16. News reports have said that more heads of state are attending than ever before, so security

and space concerns are valid. But it occurred to me, too, that it was also a tactful way of not having to host TFG. Who knows how many other heads of state he would've shoved out of the way during photoshoots?

[Tetrachloride]

5. At the high level of cooperation, the invitation and the

At acceptance go hand in hand.

I am sure that the King, President Biden and former president Obama quickly agreed on multiple levels and so did their staff.

[FM123]

6. President Obama

and the other former presidents have been invited to a special memorial event held by the British Embassy instead.

[arlyellowdog]

7. Including the Former Guy?

[FM123]

14. Sadly, I think so.....

[hlthe2b]

10. ONLY current heads of state. (fortunately space considerations drove the decision which

gave the UK the perfect "out" against inviting Trump)

[mcar]

13. Only current heads of state were invited