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Prince Charles, a couple days off of his wedding, has screwed up, by shaking hands with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe at the Pope's funeral. The prince was "caught by surprise" when Mr Mugabe leaned over to greet him, Clarence House said. Mr Mugabe sidestepped a European Union travel ban to attend the funeral service in the Vatican.
Some politicians condemned Prince Charles' greeting as "stupid" and "not very sensible". Alright. It was clearly a mistake to shake the guy's hand. It can be interpreted as sympathy for his case, etc. ect. But c'mon. This is a fairly honest mistake. If I'm attending a funeral, in which I'm to be in full "diplomacy mode", I'm liable to shake whatever hand is extended to me. It happens in the blink of an eye, and its really not reasonable to expect Charles to carefully weigh the pros and cons of such a simple thing in that small amount of time. He screwed up, but its quite understandable. Move on.