Michelle TOUCHED The Queen :) lol !

[Facetious]

The rules are set in stone, and so the eagerly watching British media sputtered when the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, briefly put her hand on the back of Queen Elizabeth II as the two chatted at a reception. Etiquette is quite stern about this ("Whatever you do, don't touch the Queen!"). In 2000 John Howard, then Prime Minister of Australia, got plenty of criticism for apparently putting his arm around the Queen to direct her through a crowd. He denied actually touching her, but

Cont'd :yinyang: :tongue:

 

[Hot Mega]

Cont'd :yinyang: :tongue:

Wow. We still live in a world with such non sense. Someone touched a queen and that's news....uh, okay.

I'm mean, what are the Brits gonna do now? Re-establish the U.S. as their colony??:thefinger

 

[Baill Inneraora]

Are you offended Blueballs?

 

[Shindekudasai]

Has been on the news here, too. But the Queen returned the gesture. So she probably didn't feel too invaded by it.
Question in such situations is, whether the guest should bind to the rules of the host or the host should acknowledge the differences in the behavioural patterns of the guest. Seems that in this case, the latter seems to have prevailed, as it was a genuinely friendly gesture, which can hardly be misinterpreted.
At least from my point of view. I don't know, how the British feel about it.

 

[rwill25]

Didn't the Queen give out a statement saying it was ok?

If she didn't care, why should we?

 

[Hot Mega]

Question in such situations is, whether the guest should bind to the rules of the host or the host should acknowledge the differences in the behavioural patterns of the guest.

I think you honor and respect the customs of your host. However, in light of it being 2009 maybe the host in this case ought to update their customs with the rest of the common sense world.

"Don't touch" a flippin' queen in this day and age?!?!?

 

[Sicario]

Michelle Obama should have her fucking hands cut off for touching the Queen!!! Who the hell does she think she is?!

:crash:

 

[Hot Mega]

Michelle Obama should have her fucking hands cut off for touching the Queen!!! Who the hell does she think she is?!
:crash:

I agree....OUR first lady's ought to just stick to running over ex-boyfriends and our Presidents should just stick to fondling German PMs
:rofl:

 

[SonOfSparda]

apparently your not allowed to touch the Queen unless she give permission, but anyway it seems like the Queen quite liked Michelle Obama so i guess she would'nt have minded, who cares about rules when your the monarch?

 

[Skyraider22]

I think you honor and respect the customs of your host. However, in light of it being 2009 maybe the host in this case ought to update their customs with the rest of the common sense world.

"Don't touch" a flippin' queen in this day and age?!?!?

You make a good point on respect and honor,but you also have to respect and honor there customs as well it does not matter what year it is I think that is part of our problem as Americans we have gotten away from respect and now look at our kids and some of the things they do.Don't get me wrong if the Queen did not have a problem with it that is cool then there is no problem the (media is just doing their job no matter how silly it is a story is a story).But I would want people to respect my home and my country and I would do the same with their that is how I see it.:glugglug:

 

[BlueBalls]

Are you offended Blueballs?

Of course I am, that bitch didnt uphold her end of our deal. In exchange for me getting her husband into office she, as the prsidents wife was supposed to stab the Queen repeatedly in the back and then blame it on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

YOU BITCH!!! :thefinger

Are you offended Blueballs?

Not in the slightest.

 

[Hot Mega]

apparently your not allowed to touch the Queen unless she give permission, but anyway it seems like the Queen quite liked Michelle Obama so i guess she would'nt have minded, who cares about rules when your the monarch?

The only people this matters to is wing-nut GOPers in the U.S., and the talk show goons they follow in droves. :spump: They'll have a bigger problem with it than the queen of England ever will....watch...lol

 

[Legzman]

she should have punched the queen. THAT would have been a good news story. This is just fuckin ridiculous!

 

[calpoon]

it's not like she gave her reach around.

 

[Skyraider22]

it's not like she gave her reach around.

What if she did hoe would we take it then?

 

[BlueBalls]

What if she did hoe would we take it then?

What, a middle aged women sexually assaulting an old women?

I suppose just like every other time we see it. Why should they get special treatment?

 

[bodie54]

When Michelle Obama put her arm round the Queen at Buckingham Palace, some of the more excitable elements of the media - particularly the Americans - suggested she may have been guilty of a breach of protocol.

They missed the real story, however. What was far more interesting was that the Queen put her arm round the First Lady.

It is less than 20 years ago that the Australian Prime Minister was branded “the Lizard of Oz” for committing the supposedly heinous crime of putting his hand on the Queen’s back during an official tour of Australia.

Now the Queen is not just putting up with physical gestures of affection from a woman she has only just met, but is reciprocating with one of her own.

The footage does not make it clear who made the first move. But given the Queen’s track record - she is not a woman known for doing warm, at least not in public - the fact that Mrs Obama is American, and that the President spent most of the first part of the day putting his arm round Gordon Brown, it can safely be assumed that it was the First Lady who took the initiative.

A breach of protocol? Hardly. Buckingham Palace was very relaxed today about the incident, and attitudes there have changed significantly since the days of Mr Keating and his lese-majesty. And no, they don’t issue instructions to people about not touching the Queen.

“This was a mutual and spontaneous display of affection and appreciation between The Queen and Michelle Obama,” said a Palace spokeswoman.

Almost from the moment they first met it was clear that the Queen and the Obamas were getting on well. They joked together, and by the time came to pose for photographs they were acting almost like old friends. Which, considering that they met for the first time that afternoon, was quick work.

So what does that mean for the future? Will every visiting head of state and their spouse feel free to hug the Queen whenever they feel like it?

That may be straining credibility somewhat. The Queen liked the Obamas, clearly, and she is past master at being nice to people the Foreign Office wants her to be nice to: a long line of American presidents would testify to that. But she is also expert at letting people know, in the subtlest but most unmistakable way, when they have overstepped the mark.

“She is a very warm person off duty,” said a Palace insider. “On duty, she has a very professional approach.”

The Times of London
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/G20/article6022502.ece

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[Skyraider22]

What, a middle aged women sexually assaulting an old women?

I suppose just like every other time we see it. Why should they get special treatment?

I was just asking because Calpoon brought it to my attention..I an see the headlines now FIRST LADY GIVES ROYAL REACH AROUND.......By the way this was post number 2,000:glugglug::thumbsup:

 

[BlueBalls]

I was just asking because Calpoon brought it to my attention..I an see the headlines now FIRST LADY GIVES ROYAL REACH AROUND.......By the way this was post number 2,000:glugglug::thumbsup:

Congrats :hatsoff:

 

[Gordar]

I think Elizabeth II is a closet lesbian! She didn't even mind being touched by another woman! A guy would probably be lynched or beheaded with an axe.