What does concern me, however, and I speak as a Welshman and a proud member of a small but by no means insignificant European nation, is that whether by design, lapse of protocol, temporary loss of memory brought on by the panic of your tardy arrival, poor advice or inadequate briefing – or a combination of all or some of these – you chose to ignore the contribution paid by the sons and daughters of Wales to the defence not only of the Free World, but of your own dear country, in two successive World Wars.