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The decrees of the departure of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and the coronation of her son Charles III sparked controversy among Egyptians, after raising a banner showing the name of Egypt among the countries that the United Kingdom defeated militarily.

The banner carried by the Royal Guard bearing the name of Egypt and the Battle of the Great Hill, brought back memories of the British occupation of the country, which spanned more than 70 years, and England's participation in the tripartite aggression in 1956.

Tweeters held the late Queen responsible for the tripartite aggression against Egypt, which took place during her reign, and some widely circulated mockery of the late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the British and their queen, while he recalled the history of another British queen who dedicated her image to Muhammad Ali Pasha, and then occupied armies of Egypt.

Abominable occupation

The controversy began after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, after many tweeters denounced the Egyptians mourning the late Queen and expressing grief over her death, referring to her country's colonial past in Egypt and other countries.

Anger increased after the coronation ceremony of King Charles III last Saturday, when the Royal Guard of the Cold Stream squad roamed the streets of the capital, London, carrying a royal red flag bearing the names of more than 40 of the 117 battles fought by the oldest British division, and recalling the colonial history of the British Empire.

It was remarkable that the name of Egypt was in the middle of the flag, and on the left side appeared the Battle of the Great Hill that took place between the British forces and the Egyptian army led by Ahmed Orabi in 1882, and ended with the defeat of Orabi and paved the way for a British occupation that lasted more than 7 decades.

The presence of the British occupation in Egypt continued until the signing of the evacuation agreement in 1954, and the last British soldier left the country on June 18, 1956.

The Egyptians saw that the British flag glorified the occupation under which Egypt had been languishing for 74 years, in which the country's resources were looted and thousands of its sons fell victim to this occupation.

The British occupation of Egypt and the defeat of Ahmed Orabi in the Battle of the Great Hill in 1882, present at the coronation ceremony of the new British King Charles III.


Occupied countries are proud and so far they have not left any occupied country, we are occupied with different names, people and ways ✋ #Queen_Elizabeth pic.twitter.com/6vVuUcM9lv

— pery Ahmed (@P_E_R_Y_A) September 11, 2022

Triple Aggression

Tweeters expressed their surprise at the sadness of some over the late queen, whose country, during her reign, carried out the aggression against Egypt in partnership with France and Israel in 1956, in what was known as the tripartite aggression.

The tweeters blamed Elizabeth II for the brutal aggression and the thousands of Egyptian victims it left behind.

Pictures spread showing the effects of the destruction inflicted on the Egyptian city of Port Said in the Canal region as a result of the tripartite aggression, and others circulated some of the Egyptian resistance’s heroism against the British, including the kidnapping of British officer Anthony Morehouse, Queen Elizabeth’s cousin in 1956.

Captive officer Anthony Morehouse, cousin of Queen Elizabeth of England, and the group that carried out the plan to kidnap


him during the tripartite aggression against Egypt 56 pic.twitter.com/XS4lGfV7sc

— Hassan Al Zaeem Al Zaeem (@lqAP2BXAHxjo1na) September 11, 2022

#Video from 1956 #Queen_Elizabeth_II participates in the tripartite aggression against #Egypt


and the destruction of the region and the fall of thousands of Egyptian victims #Britain, #France and #Israel


attacked and tried to take full control of the Suez Canal after Egypt's nationalization of the channel and its support for the revolution in #Algeria against France #We will not_forget #Queen pic.twitter.com/ybNSuOdSxl

— PIC |

Photos from the date (@inpic0) September 9, 2022

Port Said, Egypt after the 1956 tripartite aggression # Elizabeth pic.twitter.com/RckL1rGTey

— Dr.

Nisreen al aydarouss (ᏁᎬᏚᎡᎥᏁ) September 11, 2022

So as not to forget


the tripartite aggression against Egypt October 29, 1956. # Queen Elizabeth # Queen_ Elizabeth # Britain pic.twitter.com/Ue631WR8oQ

— 🪩Sŏhaila Haiba (@sohila_haiba) September 9, 2022

Without a lot of words.. you want to grieve for Elizabeth II,

Haneen


, you and she grieve until you die of sadness..


I, as a princess, will not grieve for anyone in her first reign.


More than the martyrs of your country!!!

— ãmîrãã👑🥀🦋 (@amira310310) September 9, 2022

'own and not control'

While some tried to absolve the Queen of responsibility for the aggression, as the King of Britain "owns and does not rule", tweeters responded by publishing the powers owned by the British Queen, including the authority to declare war on other countries and the authority to use armed forces.

Elizabeth II, as Queen of Britain, enjoyed a bundle of royal powers stipulated in the unwritten British constitution, including the power to declare war on other countries.

The Queen is the Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces, whose members must take an oath of allegiance to the Queen as "Her Majesty's Forces". The Queen has the power to appoint and fire officers in the armed forces, as well as to organize and use these forces.

The irony of Abdel Nasser

Tweeters circulated a video clip of the late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser attacking Britain, reminding them of their failed participation in the tripartite aggression against Egypt.

Abdel Nasser said that the BBC insulted him in its reports, pointing out that the Egyptian newspapers, in turn, are capable of insulting the Queen of Britain and her prime minister.

Abdel Nasser indicated that the people of Port Said defended their land against the aggression and overthrew the British Prime Minister.

The interaction of the Egyptians with the death of Elizabeth extended to the announcement by the actor Mohamed Ramadan to postpone the release of his new song in mourning for the British Queen, which aroused the astonishment and ridicule of the pioneers of social networking sites, while some considered it a successful propaganda attempt.

And the irony was not for Ramadan alone, as tweets circulated video clips of the former Mufti of Egypt, Ali Gomaa, in which he says that Queen Elizabeth is from the family of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace.

#Hanger_in_Ashq_Egypt Mohamed Ramadan is upset with the Queen of #Britain, so

he


decided in a serious and friendly way to postpone his song #Dhasheh out of grief for Queen #Elizabeth..Is this the biggest catastrophe facing us?


From the British Forces


1/2 pic.twitter.com/tLEm42gwY5

— 🇪🇬 MILLAD 🇪🇬 (@Millad_El_SiSi) September 11, 2022

#Mohamed_Ramadan, although I disagree with him a lot in what he presents and presents, but he is a (smart) artist who knows where the shoulder is eaten from and knows very well how to lead the trend in what is in his interest and achieve his goals.

He took advantage of the event and announced the postponement of the new clip for 3 days in mourning for the death of #Elizabeth_II, which in itself is the biggest promotion of the song #Dosha.

— Hany Salem _ Hany Salem (@HSalim_Writer) September 12, 2022

hubd x hubd x


hubd

— Junior (@Jun2or) September 10, 2022

gift and occupation

It is ironic that the Battle of the Great Hill, which Britain is proud of, and ended with the occupation of Egypt, took place during the reign of another queen, Queen Victoria (1819-1901), who ruled the United Kingdom from 1837 until her death on January 22, 1901.

Historic sources mention that Queen Victoria, 37 years before the occupation of Egypt by her armies, gifted the ruler of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, her diamond-encrusted portrait, in appreciation of the relations between the two countries, especially after the agreement of the Egyptian and British governments to transfer the English mail inside Egypt via the land route from Alexandria to Suez.

The English Consul in Egypt presented Queen Victoria's gift to Muhammad Ali in a box covered with green velvet on October 28, 1845, amid a large celebration prepared by the Pasha and attended by hundreds of Egyptians and foreigners in their official clothes.

Victoria's correspondence to her uncle, King Leopold I of Belgium, and some of her ministers show the British Queen's interest in the eastern issue and the relations between Egypt and the Ottoman Empire at that time, and her interference in his country's foreign policy.

And Victoria says in the correspondence, some of which was mentioned by Muhammad Rifaat Bey in an article in the Egyptian Al-Hilal magazine on August 1, 1947, that she was behind the efforts of the British Foreign Minister, Lord Palmerston, to urge the Ottoman Sultan to withdraw the decree of Muhammad Ali’s dismissal and grant him the rule of Egypt by hereditary rule.

Correspondence reveals that Victoria knew that the English ambassador in Constantinople was trying to obstruct the agreement between Muhammad Ali and the Sultan, so she ordered that the letters exchanged between her foreign minister and the ambassador be shown to her for her to review and sign with the first letter of her name after indicating her approval.