The Royalist  Queen Elizabeth Attends Cabinet Meeting of British
Government  First time Monarch present since the 1700s  The
Queen attended a meeting of the cabinet of the British
government today, one of the final diamond jubilee events of the
year.  Dressed in a royal blue coat, the Queen walked up the red
carpet on the steps of No. 10 before standing chatting with the
prime minister at the door to pose for photographs.  Chris
Jackson / Getty Images  She is believed to be the first monarch
to atend a cabinet meeting since King George III.  A former
Cabinet Secretary said it was a testimony to the Queen's
neutrality that Prime Minister David Cameron felt able to invite
a monarch into the UK's decision-making body for the first time
in hundreds of years.  Monarchs have rarely attended Cabinets in
the modern era. George III attended once in 1781 to discuss
relations between Britain and France but the last time a monarch
went regularly was when George I chaired the cabinet in 1717.
George VI also once went to t