Posted on 03/28/2009 5:22:48 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
The gifts have been selected with extra care, protocol lessons on royal etiquette are being delivered and a week's wardrobe of casual and formal attire set aside for a first lady who is also an international style icon. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle head to London on Tuesday to start their first overseas tour in office, accompanied by an entourage of several hundred aides, advisors, secret service agents and bodyguards and an imported cavalcade of armoured vehicles and helicopters.
A visit to Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon is the formal showpiece of a packed working schedule of back-to-back summits - the G20 in London, Nato in Strasbourg and EU-US in Prague - plus and bilateral meetings with world leaders, including Gordon Brown in Downing St.
The Obamas will attend a private audience with the Queen in her personal apartments for nearly 30 minutes before joining other delegations for a reception in the state rooms. They are receiving advice on protocol for the encounter at the presidential retreat, Camp David, this weekend.
The White House is attempting to pick out an appropriate gift for the Queen that will reflect her long-standing links to the US, a Washington official told The Sunday Telegraph. The choice of present is the subject of intense scrutiny after Mr Brown received a box set of DVDs during his trip to Washington earlier this month - a gift widely seen as a snub to the leader of America's closest ally.
But in words that will reassure Downing Street, deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough yesterday said that Mr Obama was seeking to rebuild America's alliances abroad. "He will continue the cooperation with Prime Mnister Brown, underlining the importance of the special relationship," he said. "The President very much looks forward to going to London. He
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whaddathey bringin her, rap cd’s?
This time, I think the White House will start out with some Chuck E. Cheese gift certificates...
You just know that he’s going to want to try the crown on for size.....
On the job training!
Can’t she and the prime minister share the DVD’s he was given? Now they want more gifts?
I wonder what the damn fool Prezydunce is going to do to embarrass the Queen and our country.
I'm assuming that a bucket of KFC and a case of Schlitz hasn't made the short list.
The gift will consist of DVDs which work only with an Asian region code and a black Barbie doll.
The kind that don't work in England.
What a thoughtful gift that was!
A whoopeee cushion?
Fake throw-up?
One of those lawn ornaments with the lady bending over and showing her butt?
Oral B and white strips?
The etiquette gap
The leadership gap (Japan left to deal with Kim)
The workrate gap nobody answering phone at treasury, or know what they are doing
The common sense gap
this regime has so many gaps they don’t even know where to start.
Can’t wait to see what second hand Christmas present she gets.
He is already taking a European vacation ON US after less than 3 months in office?
Her Majesty will be delighted to receive the 100-DVD collection of Obama’s greatest speeches and the hand-engraved teleprompter. Well, “delighted” may not be quite the right word...
A crate of tea?
“...first lady who is also an international style icon...”
gotta love that stiff upper lip, even in print, LOL
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