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WASHINGTON — But will she be amused? The State Department has conceded committing a diplomatic faux pas by sending birthday greetings to Queen Elizabeth II a week early.
Spokesman P.J. Crowley allowed that a congratulatory message from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sent Friday on what the department thought was the eve of the queen’s official birthday had been premature.
The queen’s actual birthday is April 21, but she celebrates a second, so-called official birthday, on a Saturday in June decided by the government — this year June 12. Buckingham Palace confirmed it was aware of the mistake but declined to say whether the State Department had offered an apology.
