Had a bit of a laugh about this one, protocol forbids anyone from touching our Queen....how dare she!!

I can only imagine what Queen Elizabeth thought.....caption?:lol2:

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1888962,00.html

silly... get over themselves.

^ why do you say that? its just as rude as bringing pork to a bar mitzvah, or wearing shoes through a japanese house. when traveling abroad you need to learn the dos and donts of that location and follow them to a T, its common respect.

The Queen touched her first. "You're it." ;)

it's funny how the media can spin the exact same story in two different ways but if they didn't do that, they wouldn't be doing their jobs i suppose.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010578/

LONDON - 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.

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"It was a mutual and spontaneous display of affection," he said. "We don't issue instructions on not touching the queen."

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The Daily Mail said the "two women clearly took to each other."

whoah that is staggeringly different. where did "embrace" come from? its not like the had a long hug. here's a vid of what occurred

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Its a small gaf at the least. Of course the Brits and the Aussies are going to go on about it. Mr. Howard never touched the Queen and he was nearly run out tarred and feather over appearing to.

Some are saying that since it was reciprocal its Ok. well thats not the case really. The queen touching you (with glove on of course) by no means gives you the allowance to reciprocate.

You could see the Queen put some distance in between them as it happened- she clearly wasnt expecting it.



hmmmm i had a point somewhere....

whoah that is staggeringly different. where did "embrace" come from? its not like the had a long hug. here's a vid of what occurred

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Its a small gaf at the least. Of course the Brits and the Aussies are going to go on about it. Mr. Howard never touched the Queen and he was nearly run out tarred and feather over appearing to.

Some are saying that since it was reciprocal its Ok. well thats not the case really. The queen touching you (with glove on of course) by no means gives you the allowance to reciprocate.

You could see the Queen put some distance in between them as it happened- she clearly wasnt expecting it.



hmmmm i had a point somewhere....

got an idea-an idea so smart my head would explode if I even began to know what I was talking about

bfd...

"OFF With that Womans head..."

And NO it is not "silly"it is protocol.

Yes, the FL should have known better it shows total ignorance, the Queen is permitted to touch her subjects but NEVER the other way around.

Obama's advisers should have advised.

NOT a good look.

^ why do you say that? its just as rude as bringing pork to a bar mitzvah, or wearing shoes through a japanese house. when traveling abroad you need to learn the dos and donts of that location and follow them to a T, its common respect.

Yep, "Respect" does not exist anymore, unfortunately..

"OFF With that Womans head..."

And NO it is not "silly"it is protocol.

Yes, the FL should have known better it shows total ignorance, the Queen is permitted to touch her subjects but NEVER the other way around.

Obama's advisers should have advised.

NOT a good look.
last i checked the US finally got away from those brits so we're no longer her subjects :spank:

You realize this is a thread about Politics. :uhh:

it's funny how the media can spin the exact same story in two different ways but if they didn't do that, they wouldn't be doing their jobs i suppose.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010578/

Wow. That's such a load of spin that it might have been written by the administration's press office. How do they think they can get away with that when the video clearly contradicts it?

As for the no-touch rule -- it reeks of aristocracy and class privilge, but I would still observe the rule. It's what you do even if you don't agree. White House advisers definitely should have briefed a first lady -- any first lady -- on protocol, and she definitely should have paid attention.
As for the queen, Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say. ... I want to tell her that I love her a lot, but I've got to get a belly full of wine. Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl and some day I'm gonna make her mine, oh yeah, some day I'm gonna make her mine.

You realize this is a thread about Politics. :uhh:

how is it political? its cultural.

I think had she given the "queen" a noogy or wedgy ,that would have been more newsworthy. Not to mention hysterically comical.

^ :lol::lol: Now that would be something to see :P

the Queen is permitted to touch her subjects but NEVER the other way around.

I've traveled enough overseas to know that being culturally aware is both a necessity and in good taste.

But as an American, I think your line above is just plain funny in context of U.S. history.:lol: