This AP article well describes the relationship of Arab potentiates with the late Queen.
To those of us who have lived for years in Arab countries, we have seen that relationship goes much deeper than history or a long gone colonial reign. British rule in the Persian Gulf countries has a huge psychological connection that cannot be easily described. The nearest comparison you can make to it is that of an educated Dalit in northern India still bowing down to a passing Brahmin even after years of abuse and of newfound equality that the Dalit should have found after more than 70 years of Indian independence and the declaration of a republic that saw all its citizens as equal. Queen's reign saw British leave Mideast with a mixed legacy | AP News https://apnews.com/article/queen-elizabeth-ii-middle-east-africa-london-dubai-d0a09d795291d752cafd8099c1694673 Roland. Toronto.
