Our First Lady has only been in my native land for 3 days and already she has committed a major indiscretion by touching Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II.
Someone should have explained this time-honored tradition to Michelle prior to their meeting: no one touches the Queen.
It was an awkward moment when the normally touchy-feely Michelle put her arm around the Queen. Shocked, the Queen raised her arm, lightly patted Michelle on the back, then quickly dropped her arm in a clear sign to Michelle to remove her arm, which Michelle did.
Even British children know that it is forbidden under royal protocol to touch the Queen. The Queen is not to be mollycoddled like she’s some feeble, helpless being. It’s considered an impolite gesture to violate the Queen’s personal space without her permission.
I love Michelle, but she stepped over a line that has traditionally been honored for decades by visiting dignitaries.
Sigh, what else can possibly go wrong over there?
Moving on that’s neither here nor there….
Well with President Obama being the most POWERFUL MAN in the WORLD…I don’t think she had a problem with his wife touching her….NEXT!
no problem there!! next!!
On Wednesday, Michelle Obama put her hand on the Queen only after the Queen had placed her own hand on the First Lady’s back as part of their conversation.
What in D hell…?
*rolls eyes* sigh.
They have sum dumb azz protocol….who da Queen think she is DJ Quick, Kid Kapri…..oh she must be Jimmy Walker?
THE QUEEN “AIN NUTTIN!!'”
LOL @ Krysi J!!!
Okay…
I am a stickler about royal protocol…and yes…Michelle did break it…
So…I will give you this one Auntie…however, I’m hot TOO upset about Michelle touching the world’s biggest welfare receipent…
Oh BOOOO! If the Queen wants to be untouchable (as if she’s some kind of deity)then she needs to keep to herself. I have much respect for the Queen, but most of the British “protocol” only serves to bulster another human being’s already too inflated ego. You were born into a royal family that in todays age means close to NOTHING so get over it and keep it moving. I have never understood the purpose of continuing to uphold such foolish and wasteful traditions, but I will say the British are “top notch” when it comes to etiquette. We could all stand to learn a lot about proper etiquette. IMO
Yeah I heard this story this morning.
Maybe they need to change those rules. Its comes across as a I’m better than you don’t touch me.
Maybe she’ll break if touched.
She was touching her to make sure her old azz had a PULSE and wasn’t one of them Disney Animanacs
LOL AT KYM HEY GIRL
OH WELL THE OBAMAS JUST KEEP MAKING HISTORY.
…The Queen touched Mrs. Obama first, and she returned the gesture..
wow, msn is reporting they love michelle
@CK THANK YOU. She did NOT break protocol as the Queen touched her FIRST!
who cares….. next >>>>>
@ice
from a previous post, I was off yesterday enjoying a full relaxation day @ the spa. Ummm when I wore my “how u dowanng” shirt lol!!! Me and my co-workers could not get any work done that day b/c my manager is sooo queenish he kept on saying “how u dowanng” all day long while we were cracking jokes @ his azz and other people…
and btw posters I dont have a problem with gays or lesbians… if your wendy williams fan then you know where im coming from…
Hey LovelyL … lol
the “queen” reached out for her first. get it right. she never hugs anyone but she hugged them. so please sandra stop bothering the obamas its so old now. all that action in the A and various other places you waste your time on hate.
@Mizz I am so jealous..lol I need to get me a body scrub for the summer so my skin can have that glowing look..lol
Kymystry Says:
She was touching her to make sure her old azz had a PULSE and wasn’t one of them Disney Animanacs
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CTFU!!!!
Not surprising at all being that our First Couple is very inexperienced in foreign affairs.
@Sandi
The initiated it by putting her arm around her first.
@Anti yet that still didnt STOP them from taking over..lol
@anti-PC
Well since the Queen Hugged her first they must be doing something right.
the queen touched her on her back first. protocal is if she touches you, you can touch her back…omg sandra..too funny.
Well, you just have to consider what, exactly, the Queen represents – colonization and imperialism. Her ancestors and their subjects committed major indiscretions regarding OUR ancestors and their possessions: their bodies, their land, their culture/society, etc…in THEIR NATIVE LANDS.
Michelle Obama is simply returning the favor.
lol @ #21!
thank u omina for breakin it down to the marrow … lol
have you been over to necolebitchie blog they are going hard on that b&matt and kelly mess…. but its some truth too it
thats just too much for me to care about MissD … lol
That crotchety old biddy probably needs a hug.
Hello All. One picture clearly indicates that the almighty Queen touched Michelle also. Case closed. Peaceeeeeeeeeeee.
Sandra — gm — this post requires and edit for CORRECTION.
You have the story wrong.
@Iyonah I believe she knows this but does not care..lol
Hey MizzD! I like Necole’s site .. going there now to see what they are saying, I heard it was all amicable — Kelly told me.
@ Daisy — I know right, but I still has to say it ONCE MORE … SR know she be in the air sometimes with these stories, she needs a TRUE/FALSE tag.
Hey Mizz D. Lol I swear I’m going to get me a shirt.
I will check out NB site but sometimes there are too many comments to read.
the queen should feel honored royalty such as the obama’s touched her old wrinkly pruned azz
@Isc can’t be anymore than b ossip or media fakout..lol
Protocol my ass!
This old prune and other royalties of the world take that bull#$*( too dam far. I understand in their position they have to be careful but come on now this is the first lady of the United States! Show a little humanity and loosen up.
I’m sure Princess Di would have given Michelle a big ole hug.
@ Daisy I HATE comments on fakeout & bos.. FIRST, VISIT THIS, VISIT THAT, HOOK UP HERE blah, blah, blah. Like highschool.
Necole site isn’t as bad but because its open to everybody to post there are 2 many comments.. I read the story and KIM
She was touching her to make sure her old azz had a PULSE and wasn’t one of them Disney Animanacs
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she had me fooled. cause i didn’t think she had one. a pulse. and it is better that dubya who WINKED at the queen.
@isc can I get a recap?..lol
The Queen may have liked the touch, since she haven’t had a man in awhile. I’m just saying.
@ Daisy I think its based off of a comment that Miss Jones made about Kelly being Matthew daughter. Anybody who knows miss jones know that she HATES Bey. So anything she says shouldn’t be taken seriously. I didn’t even know Tarsha was still working after she lost both her radio gigs. I guess Russell Simmons hired her to blog for him. Go figure
& for the record I do not think Kelly is the daughter of Matthew.
@Isc yeah I never beleived that rumor either. I can see why folks say that though.
I KNEWWWWWW you would have this. Well on the news this morning when it was being talked about. It was said that you should never touch the Queen, and if you do, she must first initiate the touching, which whoever judges photos said, by looking at the photo the Queen initiated the touch so Michelle used proper etiquette and must have made quite an impression on the Queen
First lady Michelle Obama did not breach protocol by touching Queen Elizabeth II at a reception for world leaders attending the G-20 summit, Buckingham Palace told CNN Thursday.
“It was a mutual and spontaneous display of affection and appreciation between the Queen and Michelle Obama,” the Royal Press Office said in a statement Thursday. “The London Summit reception at Buckingham Palace was an informal occasion,” the statement also said.
@ sandra tha first lady didn’t mind touching mrs.obama! got this from abc news!
Michelle Obama charms queen away from protocol
– 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.”
Awwwww, the truth shall set you free!
I’m happy that it was mutual and more happy that she doesn’t show thay type of love to everybody.
Wow, Team Michelle!! She got the old azz hidebound QUEEN OF ENGLAND to hug her FIRST?!! (QE2 hugged FL first Auntie) Clearly the Queen was majorly feelin First Lady! Damn Chelly Chelle a baaaaaad bish!! Git em Michelle!!
Sandra…It was reciprocal…the Queen hugged her first….what’s wrong with you….you ain’t gettin’ your facts straight lately….?
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.”
source: http://www.ajc.com
so Michelle proves to be human and personable, stone her ass.
Sandra, you are messy! Diana Sawyer said Buckingham Palace released a statement saying it was mutual. Also, if you look closely at the video, Queen Elizabeth put her arm around Michelle. Dang, why are you always saying something negative about The President and his wife; Beyonce and her people, or anyone else you don’t like. Talk about protocol: Doesn’t Monica know you do not rock designer bags (logo big a**) on the red carpet-lmao smh! Had to get that in.
I mean…I guess…but honestly I don’t think anyone should have a protocol to “not be touched” or bowed to or any of that…no one is GOD. The same thing angers me when celebs demand that no one talks to them or that they must walk on white sheets and etc.