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US First Lady Michelle Obama applauds after watching students perfom a scene from the ‘Tempest’ during a visit to the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Language School in London, on April 2, 2009. Michelle Obama dared touch Queen Elizabeth II, but the US first lady has made such an impact in Britain that she was spared the media savaging that has gone with previous breaches of royal protocol. The pair met at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. The British monarch put her arm around the waist of President’s Barack Obama’s wife. The much taller first lady responded by putting an arm around the queen. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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US First Lady Michelle Obama arrives onstage during a visit to the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Language School in London, on April 2, 2009. Michelle Obama dared touch Queen Elizabeth II, but the US first lady has made such an impact in Britain that she was spared the media savaging that has gone with previous breaches of royal protocol. The pair met at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. The British monarch put her arm around the waist of President’s Barack Obama’s wife. The much taller first lady responded by putting an arm around the queen. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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US President Barack Obama (2L) and US First Lady Michelle Obama (2R) are greeted by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah as they arrive at 10 Downing street for dinner on April 1, 2009. World leaders wrangled today about how to fix the global economy, as anti-capitalist protestors attacked a bank in central London on the eve of a crunch G20 summit.
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US President Barack Obama (L) and his wife Michelle (2nd L) meet Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (2nd R) and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (R) during an audience at Buckingham Palace in central London, on April 1, 2009. US President Barack Obama visited Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday while his in London for the G20 summit. Obama and wife Michelle were hosted by the queen for a meeting, the day before the crunch summit on tackling the world economic crisis. AFP PHOTO/John Stillwell/WPA POOL (Photo credit should read JOHN STILLWELL/AFP/Getty Images)