LOL, The Queen to Michelle: "Will you please keep in touch?"

[Jackeens]

Just reported on the BBC News, cracked me up. They're unlikely best buddies, but it looks like they hit it off!

[RT Atlanta]

1. Nice to hear

the Obama's are really good ambassadors and representatives of our country!

[Sultana]

30. Yes, they are

We are so lucky.


*Cries tears of joy.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Liz IS a progressive in many ways.

I am thrilled this visit went so well. I know Liz hated GWB.

It looks as though treating Liz as one would just about any 83 year old worked fine, rather than how GWB was a smartass with her.

[bdamomma]

3. It's nice Diplomacy is in charge again.

[dipsydoodle]

4. As I pointed out yesterday

from our tv news here in the UK : http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8312534&mesg_id=8312700

I'm still totally amazed. AS you say - there cannot be much doubt that they really hit it off.

[Captain Hilts]

6. GWB poisoned every relationship this country had. nt

[seafan]

10. Looks like our First Lady was very well received by the Queen of England.

This screen capture was posted here yesterday. Just amazing!




From DU'er Jackeens this morning: 'Just reported on BBC News: The Queen to Michelle: "Will you please keep in touch?"'





Just. Amazingly. Wonderful.

[dipsydoodle]

15. I'm pleased someone got that screen shot

when I saw it live I could'nt believe my eyes. Pricess Anne is immediatley to the left of the Queen walking toward them.

[alsame]

16. I can't help but think of how Mrs. Robinson must

have felt when she saw the Queen of England's arm around her daughter. It chokes me up.

[PopSixSquish]

23. And You Just Made Me Choke Up

When one thinks of all of the personal family history and world history which led to that one moment, it is very hard to maintain one's composure.

[alsame]

26. Exactly. n/t

[seafan]

31. AP: Michelle Obama charms queen away from protocol

Michelle Obama charms queen away from protocol

By JENNIFER QUINN
AP

April 2, 2009

LONDON (AP) — Michelle Obama has done what few others have managed — getting Queen Elizabeth II to break protocol.
The first lady arrived Wednesday with President Barack Obama. After separate meetings on the eve of the G-20 summit, the couple attended an evening reception for world leaders hosted by the queen.
Mrs. Obama clearly made an impression with the 82-year-old monarch — so much that the smiling queen strayed from protocol and put her arm around the first lady in a rare public show of affection.
It was the first time Mrs. Obama — who is nearly a foot taller — had met the queen. The first lady also embraced her.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman who asked not to be identified because of palace policy said he could not remember the last time that the queen had displayed such public affection with a first lady or dignitary.
"It was a mutual and spontaneous display of affection," he said. "We don't issue instructions on not touching the queen."

When the former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating put his arm around the queen in 1992, the tabloids dubbed him the "Lizard of Oz." When his successor, John Howard, was accused of doing the same, a spokesman insisted: "We firmly deny that there was any contact whatsoever." In 2007, President Bush gave the queen a sly wink during a visit she paid to the United States.

The Daily Mail said the "two women clearly took to each other."

.....

"Michelle walks in and she is as she seems," Holmes told reporters Thursday. "So warm, engaging, a beautiful, beautiful lady — and I quickly got my photo in the middle of her and Sarah Brown," the prime minister's wife.
Mrs. Obama also seemed to win over the often feral British press.
The last time a first lady made such a hit in Britain was last year with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife, the former fashion model wife and songwriter Carla Bruni.

But on Thursday, London's Times newspaper wrote "Carla who?"

The BBC described Mrs. Obama as her husband's co-star rather than supporting act — appropriate for a Harvard-educated lawyer.
"She seems to be a good role model," said onlooker Rebecca Smith, who waited outside Buckingham Palace Wednesday to catch a glimpse of the Obamas.
"A strong, intelligent woman, I think she'll go down very well here," Smith told the BBC. "Michelle Obama has a strong aura about her, a bit like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis."

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[TuxedoKat]

33. I'm not surprised by this

as this is exactly what I thought probably happened when I first read about it. That the queen had put her arm around Michelle first and Michelle, being the warm, loving generous person that she is reciprocated.

[Clio the Leo]

5. Did you see how the NY Post stole your line......

:)

[Jackeens]

8. I've been outed as an NY Post sub-editor!!!!

:blush:

[Clio the Leo]

18. You're behind that monkey cartoon aren't ya....

... ha ha, kidding.

[Reader Rabbit]

7. I realize the Obamas are tall, but...

...I never noticed that QEII was such a tiny little thing! It must be her aura of nobility. Either that or the puffy 50's hairdo.

[MiniMe]

12. She never was very tall, but you shrink with age

Hate that shrinkage

[Pacifist Patriot]

13. She's supposedly 5'4", but I wouldn't be surprised if she has...

lost some height in the last few years. The elderly women in my family all seem to shrink by a good 2-3 inches after they turn 80 and the queen will be celebrating her 83rd birthday in a few weeks. Not that we're related mind, but we probably share a few random Anglo-Saxon / German genetic traits.

[Clio the Leo]

19. I've read 5'2" NT

[dipsydoodle]

20. She's always been a weenie

as was her mother and sister Margaret . She also shares their other attribute of ample toys. :)

[connecticut yankee]

9. and the right-wing idiots

are complaining that the Obamas gave the Queen an Ipod. They say it's "not classy"
enough.

[nini]

27. I'm sure the queen needs another crystal vase

:sarcasm:

I thought it was a personal gift and showed some thought went into it - much better :-)

[lunatica]

11. That's a real smile on the queen's face

I don't recall her smiling like that around George Bush and Laura

[Bluenorthwest]

22. Well Liz and W have history...

I posted this on another thread, but most don't remember that when Bush 41 was in office, W stunk up a dinner with the Queen by bringing up his own 'black sheep' status in the Bush family, and asking her who was the black sheep in hers. We were not amused.
The i-pod and the book were fanstastic gifts, thoughful and special. It is not easy to give a gift to a woman who has everything she wants, and has for a long time. It was personal, and the Musical Theater is an area of great cultural exchange for our two nations, even at times making money and jobs on both sides of the Atlantic.

[Pacifist Patriot]

14. Lovely!

[Jennicut]

17. So incredibly adorable. I love that she has really taken to Michelle.

How can one not? She is such a nice, genuine person.

[tomm2thumbs]

21. She's got that Ipod in her purse I betcha!

I LOVVVVVVVE that picture - but I want to fix the queen's eyes before I print it out and hang it.

[Arugula Latte]

24. TXT ME MICHELLE KTHXBAI QUEEN.

[Jackeens]

25. LOL. "Hi Liz gr8 2 meet u - B sez hi - c u soon"

[Ilsa]

36. I'm a texting moron. What does "KTHXBAI" stand for? nt

[Manifestor_of_Light]

37. Okay. Thanks. Bye.

Condensed.

[DangerousRhythm]

28. "Will you please keep in touch?"

That is so adorable. :D

I love the Obamas... they're really doing us proud this week! I only wish I could have stowed away in their luggage, so I could frolic around London and take in the sights! :rofl:

[AtomicKitten]

29. BFF!!!

[Ilsa]

32. Maybe they can text each other! LOL. It sounds like a really sincere

offer to remain in touch. I hope Michelle gets the chance to introduce the girls some day.

[csziggy]

34. CNN said this morning that the Queen has the same model Blackberry as President Obama!

Now that is pretty cool and should make it very easy for the families to keep in touch.

If Michelle is not careful, Princess Anne will have Sasha and Malia begging for horses in addition to their dog.

[InvisibleTouch]

35. That's a great picture!

They all look happy and genuine.

I've always loved the queen's colorful outfits.

And I think the iPod with a selection of music was the perfect gift, something personalized to the recipient's taste, rather than just any old thing. That's actually a rare talent, to be able to select a gift with a personal meaning, rather than just a generic, obligatory object.

[EffieBlack]

38. Is the Queen thinking, "This is SO cool!"?

[Happyhippychick]

39. Michelle + Queenie = BFFs

[Vicar In A Tutu]

40. George W. Bush & The Queen

[Captain Hilts]

41. She just loathed him. nt