Barack and Michelle Obama sent a goodwill message to Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton today during an interview about their own private lives. The U.S. First Lady said William and Miss Middleton looked like best friends, adding: ‘Hopefully you will be as happily married as Barack and I.’. During a TV interview the president and his wife talked at length about their family life and Mr Obama said of his 12 and nine-year-old daughters Malia and Sasha. Their daughters preferred just to be kids, the Obamas said, and avoid listening to the news or reading newspaper headlines.