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Peyton Manning Attends State Dinner With Queen

May 8, 2007 – 8:15 AM
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Michael David Smith

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I was perusing the list of guests at the state dinner honoring Queen Elizabeth II (yes, I need to get out more), and the first few names were pretty much what I expected:
Cmdr. Heber Ackland, Royal Navy, equerry in waiting to the queen.

The Countess Of Airlie, DCVO, DCVO, lady in waiting.

Leonore Annenberg, former U.S. chief of protocol, Reagan administration, FAPE board member, and Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif. (guest).

Anne Armstrong, former U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, and James L. Armstrong (son).

But then I tripped over this one:

Peyton Manning, professional football player, and Ashley Manning.

Really? Peyton Manning gets to attend state dinners? He's a good guy and the best player in the sport of American football, which we keep trying to get the Brits interested in, but still. I thought only really important people got to attend state dinners. And then I saw someone else on the guest list:
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, host of "The View," and Timothy Hasselbeck, professional football player.
Yeah, I guess you don't have to be that important after all.
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