Michelle Obama, Queen Elizabeth's Friendship Revealed After She And Daughters Get Rare Private Tour

[Are_grits_groceries]

LONDON — First came the hug, then a guided tour of Buckingham Palace.

First Lady Michelle Obama, on a visit to London last week, got permission from Queen Elizabeth II for a guided tour of the palace with her daughters, Sasha and Malia.

They were shown around the queen's official residence and its gardens and the queen herself greeted them afterward, according to a royal source who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting was private.

In April, during a visit to Britain with her husband, Michele Obama made a warm impression on the queen _ so much so that the monarch strayed from protocol and briefly wrapped her arm around the first lady in a rare public show of affection. The first lady also put her arm around the monarch.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/14/michelle-obama-queen-eliz_n_215325.html

Her BFF!

[onager]

1. "See? They're Secret Muslim Royalists! They'll sell us back to England..."

Just getting ready for the inevitable Faux News/"columnist" spin.

:hi:

[Arkana]

22. I thought John Cleese had already revoked our independence a long time ago.

If not I better get the Union Jack off my flagpole.

[JayMusgrove]

2. Maybe the Obamas are not Muslims after all, but

loyalists to the QUEEN..... We're doomed I tell you! Doomed to become British subjects once again!

Now where's that sarcasm icon?

All kidding aside, what a life for those young girls! Can you imagine what they will write in their report "What we did on summer vacation".... Paris and London all in the first week.

[WonderGrunion]

18. ZOMG!! The Birthers are right!!!

Obama was born in Kenya like they said. At the time he was born, that would make him a British Citizen. He's been a secret monarchist plant all this time to return the errant colonies to the Motherland of Brittania. I see it all so clearly now. OMGWTFBBQ!!!

Oh yeah, :sarcasm:

[shellgame26]

24. maybe then

we'll at least have universal healthcare

[Cass]

3. The Queen also asked MO to keep in touch after their visit in April.

She evidently is quite fond of Michelle.

The Queen now has a veggie garden at Buckingham Palace, the first since WWII - she and Michelle can compare notes about their gardens!

[Merlot]

4. Apparently Michell can melt icebergs

I think we've found the true source of global warming!

[Captain Hilts]

16. And Liz HATED the Bushes so bad. Just hated him. nt

[Hekate]

23. After the way the Bush entourage wrecked the Queen's hundred year old rose bushes...

.. I'm not surprised.

Gawd, but Bush was an embarrassment.

Hekate

[Captain Hilts]

27. Brought their own chef and trashed rose bushes her recently-died mother had planted. nt

[ellacott]

34. Wow, I never knew that

What jerks.

[Captain Hilts]

37. Yes - they brought their own CHEF to the Buck House with them. nt

[Hekate]

47. Helicopter landings, crazy security measures, you name it. Here's a link...

from DU
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x765095#765095

GROUND FARCE 1
Queen's fury as Bush goons wreck garden

Nov 23 2003
Exclusive By Terry O'Hanlon

THE Queen is furious with President George W. Bush after his state visit caused thousands of pounds of damage to her gardens at Buckingham Palace.

Royal officials are now in touch with the Queen's insurers and Prime Minister Tony Blair to find out who will pick up the massive repair bill. Palace staff said they had never seen the Queen so angry as when she saw how her perfectly-mantained lawns had been churned up after being turned into helipads with three giant H landing markings for the Bush visit.

The rotors of the President's Marine Force One helicopter and two support Black Hawks damaged trees and shrubs that had survived since Queen Victoria's reign.

And Bush's army of clod-hopping security service men trampled more precious and exotic plants.

The Queen's own flock of flamingoes, which security staff insisted should be moved in case they flew into the helicopter rotors, are thought to be so traumatised after being taken to a "place of safety" that they might never return home.

The historic fabric of the Palace was also damaged as high-tech links were fitted for the US leader and his entourage during his three-day stay with the Queen.

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http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/content_objectid=13652625_method=full_siteid=106694_headline=-GROUND-FARCE-1-name_page.html

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Somehow I think the Obama girls (all 3 of them) were perfectly well-mannered, and that so was President Obama before them.

Hekate

[Captain Hilts]

51. It's stunning how thoroughly he pissed off Liz. You don't fuck with an Englishman's garden. nt

[ellacott]

52. Oh my goodness, thanks for the link

That is disgusting.

I think the girls were much better behaved also. :)

[rasputin1952]

57. Jeez...I must have been in a coma during that time...

what a horrific situation...not just the damage to the flora, but just the notion the idiot would bring his own chef...everything about the imbecile was a complete embarrasment...:blush:

[Happyhippychick]

5. I hope the Queen has produced her birth certificate. Or we'll know it's a socialist muslin plot.

[Demit]

6. sprigged muslin?

:)

[tibbiit]

8. lol

sprigged muslin?
good one lol.
I read those books too heh.
tib

[Lucy]

13. Ha!

I read those books too!

[Captain Hilts]

28. Liz likes muslin. nt

[Cha]

7. The bottom line is..

Who wouldn't just love Michelle?

[jenmito]

9. Jealous and/or racist RWers. n/t

[Cha]

10. The pathetic drooling crowd.

Check.

[Nedsdag]

11. B-b-b-but, she TOUCHED the Queen!

:sarcasm:

[nichomachus]

12. Michelle is like the daughter she never had n/t

[AnnieBW]

20. She has one daughter

Princess Anne, I believe. But Michelle is cooler, and doesn't look like a horse.

[nichomachus]

35. That was my point

[Captain Hilts]

44. She and Anne get on well. nt

[AspenRose]

14. BUT SHE HUGGED THE QUEEN11!!!! ELEVENS!1

:sarcasm:


Way to go, FLOTUS! :thumbsup:

[Number23]

25. Girl, I know you're joking but when my Australian husband saw Michelle put her arm around Liz

He actually SPUTTERED, yes, SPUTTERED with anger.

It wasn't until I told him that the Queen had hugged Michelle first that he calmed down but he was still muttering "You don't EVER touch the Queen" for about 15 minutes afterwards. :)

[AspenRose]

32. Aw, poor POMe

;-)

[Captain Hilts]

15. That is SO cool!

[old mark]

17. Aside from her hats, Liz Windsor has very good taste.

I think if you have to have royalty, she is a pretty good one to have.

mark

[Captain Hilts]

29. She has always been pretty progressive.

So the Windsor kids turned out like everybody else's kids. What the hell the Churchill and Roosevelt kids - both sets of Roosevelts - weren't all that great either, not to mention the Bush kids...

[old mark]

31. At least FDR's kids actually served in the military in WWII...

not as a sometime guy when he felt like it, like W.


mark

[Captain Hilts]

38. As did Winnie's. As did Liz and Phil themselves!

[roguevalley]

53. James Roosevelt is wonderful.

[Captain Hilts]

56. Huh? James "Democrats for Nixon" Roosevelt. How Truman hated him!

When asked why he wasn't rougher on James in his memoirs, Truman said it was because "that boy's mother is one of the greatest people who ever lived."

The Roosevelt kids were all pretty high maintenance.

[nsd]

59. They probably mean James Roosevelt, Jr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Roosevelt,_Jr._(lawyer)

FDR's grandson, not his son

[firedupdem]

19. That is cool! I'm sure the girls enjoyed it! I read today that the

queen is starting a veggie garden as well.

[Captain Hilts]

30. Charles has been all over stuff like that for years, actually. The Brits don't need a reason

to garden!

[firedupdem]

55. That's funny.....news that they are growing the first veggie garden

since WWII was on the news the other day. Here's an article about it.

One’s spuds are coming up a treat: Queen grows fruit and veg at Palace for first time since war
By Martin Delgado
Last updated at 1:16 AM on 14th June 2009
Comments (0) Add to My Stories The Queen is growing fruit and vegetables in the grounds of Buckingham Palace – for the first time since the Second World War.

Onions, leeks, beans, tomatoes, lettuce and potatoes have been planted and the first strawberries from the 30ft by 13ft plot have already hit the Royal kitchens.

The Queen’s produce will feed several hundred palace workers and will be served up at formal state banquets.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1192896/One-s-spuds-coming-treat-Queen-grows-fruit-veg-Palace-time-war.html?ITO=1490

[Top Cat]

21. The world is enchanted with our First Lady I'm so proud

[Raine]

26. I love it

this just so sweet! :bounce:

[Beacool]

33. That was nice and very classy of the Queen.

:)

[Captain Hilts]

36. The Torygraph has a nice article about Liz and MO.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/michelle-obama/5523623/The-Queen-and-Michelle-Obama-forge-firm-and-affectionate-friendship.html

[ronnykmarshall]

39. Good ol' Betty.

She's a good egg.

[Captain Hilts]

40. Yes, she is. And a progressive about many things.

[ronnykmarshall]

42. She looks like she saying:

"Good lord you're an oaf!"

[Captain Hilts]

43. Or worse. nt

[Are_grits_groceries]

45. Now that is a Royal skank eye!! nt

[Captain Hilts]

50. I'll bet he never got the burn marks out of that suit. nt

[Capt. America]

41. Michelle the ambassador of goodwill and class from America to the world.

[Captain Hilts]

46. Wouldn't it be ironic if Susan Boyle sang at the White House before the Buck House?

I hope that Liz and MO have discussed the protocol of this.

[rvablue]

48. I think that is already a done deal??

I thought I heard that SB was invited to sing at the 4th of July celebration in D.C. that the First Family would be attending....maybe it was just speculation.

[Captain Hilts]

49. I've read it a couple of times, too. But ain't it weird she might sing at the WH before

the Buck House? And Liz LOVES showtunes...

[OneBlueSky]

54. Liz and Michy . . . hangin' out . . . soon they'll be doin' London after dark . . . n/t

.

[Nailzberg]

58. I thought I saw them having pints in Camden, but thought "nah, couldn't be"