That queen has some grace to her, no doubt. Even though "it just isn't done" (hugging the queen), she didn't blink an eye, and reciprocated to make her guest feel good.
Well done. On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anybody else amazed and awed that an actual *black* ghetto girl from > the south side is now buddies with the Queen? > > No matter what you might politically think of the Obamas, what a > country we have that a black ghetto girl can rise to be a leader of > state and buddies with the Queen. > > amazing. > ---- > America's First Lady Michelle Obama broke royal protocol during a > reception at Buckingham Palace when she placed her arm around the > Queen. > > But rather than take offence, Her Majesty took the unusual step of > returning the gesture by putting her arm round Mrs Obama's waist - > almost as if to confirm the special relationship the politicians are > so keen to play up. > > No-one - including the ladies-in-waiting standing nearby - could > believe their eyes. In 57 years, the Queen has never been seen to make > that kind of gesture and it is certainly against all protocol to touch > her. > > 'But she didn't seem to mind a bit and was smiling and joking > throughout,' the eyewitness said. > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1166490/Michelle-Obama-breaks-royal-protocol-giving-Queen-hug.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:293752 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
