{"id":1370,"date":"2015-01-24T19:37:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T19:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2015-01-24T19:37:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T19:37:08","slug":"the-day-the-queen-drove-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2015\/01\/24\/the-day-the-queen-drove-the-king\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day the Queen Drove the King"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just in case you missed it, this story is viral on the web:<\/p>\n

When Saudi Arabia’s late King Abdullah visited Queen Elizabeth in 1998 at her Scotland estate, Balmoral, she got behind the wheel of her Land Rover to give him a tour. <\/p>\n

One of the stories (this one from PBS):<\/p>\n

When Queen Elizabeth took King Abdullah for a drive in her Land Rover<\/a><\/p>\n

It boggles the mind that women are being prosecuted for the crime of driving in Saudi Arabia — the only country in the world that prohibits distaff drivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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