He makes a point.
But it doesn't get him off the hook.
We know she sees the agents as her people. This makes it click again how much she cares for them. Hope to see a bit more of her majesty in further comic pages. :)
Indeed. Nicely - and carefully - done, there; "yes, I shouldn't be tearing a strip off you in front of them - but you _still_ did something wrong."
Much props to the crew for writing it this well.