Fair enough comment….she’s just saying what most of us felt/feel….kick all the hate mongers out

I wouldn’t fault her for feeling that way

Doesn’t matter, it’s out now… We all know how she feels!

The Queen’s allowed to have a private opinion and should be entitled to freedom of speech the same as any other Briton, it’d be a whole other kettle of fish if that opinion was controversial or extremist. On a practical level, she signs bills whichever way the Privy Council or the Cabinet tells her to, her opinions do not interfere in the process of government or her constitutional role as an impartial head of state. The important thing here is that al-Masri is going to be inevitably locked up in America and Al-Qaeda looses one of their main mouthpieces in the West.

Where is all the love and peace gone in religion. . Im sure in any religion it doesnt tell a believer to go out and kill another human being. or does it ?? .extremists of any religion have their own ideas of their respective bibles ….

Is that a record? It only took about 4 comments to swing it back around to Ireland and our politicians.

Well that has been bugging me for years. I always wanted to know what she thought about that matter and I for one can now sleep at night.

We are not amused

The BBC must have received a complaint. What exactly is she worried about? Being seen as politically incorrect? This guy is a suspected terrorist. She should be publicly vocal about this. Pathetic that the monarch is scared to speak her mind.

Did she want Ian Paisley arrested for hate-mongering too?

Hilariously, Abu Hamza’s real name is Mustafa Kamel:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Hamza_al-Masri

I wouldn’t have apologized. If he had heard the same opinion from someone else and then repeated it, he wouldn’t be apologizing. God save freedom of speech!!!

Good for the Brits. They have a head of state who cares for the security of her people. Unfortunately our own No.1 is more likely to inquire if there’s any way al-Masri could be given asylum in our country.

Have to agree with her. But then again it is ironic considering the extremity’s committed in her and her predecessors name around the globe for centuries.

Stop the Press! “The Queen” have opinions!

Who really cares?

You need to look at the headline not her opinion. This is about the gutless BBC apologising for doing there job In case it might upset maj. It’s pathetic. The crimes of the monarchy go back a long way and have never apologised for a single thing

How many have died to keep Windsor and her ilk in crown jewels?

Ridiculous of BBC to offer an apology.

The line trotted out by those who support the British monarchy is that Queen Elizabeth is “above politics”. However here we see the unelected ruler holding a private meeting with ministers to discuss the arrest and imprisonment of somebody living there. That is completely unacceptable and the security correspondent was correct to bring it up.

Would it be acceptable if she began interefering in the extradition cases involving Julian Assange or Gary McKinnon?

Also, will The Journal please stop reffering to Queen Elizabeth as “the Queen”. There are dozens of queens across the planet, and as none of them are ours they should be reffered to by their name. Describing her as “the Queen” implies she is somehow ours.