queen elizabeth met with a bunch of world leaders, including gandhi and nelson mandela and various presidents over the years. when pope john paul the trip to the palace in 1982, that was the first time a pope had visited in years. it was not quite as long as the time elapsed between popes, but when vladimir putin visited the queen in 2003, no russian leader had made an official state visit to britain since 1874, since the queen was queen victoria. so vladimir putin's visit to see the queen in 2003 was a big deal, a big deal of a landmark moment, an historic deal between the nations of great britain and russia. and for that historic state visit to britain, vladimir putin showed up late. he kept the queen waiting for 14 minutes. she was not amused. but apparently, president putin has a history of being late for everything. in 2012, he was 40 minutes late for a meeting with the german chancellor angela merkel, last year he had a visit with kerry, putin kept kerry waiting for him for three hours. in november, he had a meeting with the pope, pope francis. putin made the new pope wait for him for nearly an hour. and while we were tal