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LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II and Michelle Obama were photographed in an embrace at a reception Wednesday.
“Protocol seems to be dispensed with when the Obamas come to town,” said the Times of London, which noted that the queen seemed particularly comfortable with the first lady and “put her hand on the back of Mrs. Obama, who did the same for a few moments.”
A spokesman from Buckingham Palace, who by tradition is not named, played down the hug. “Despite this notion that we have reams and reams” of etiquette rules, the spokesman said, “we don’t.”
The BBC said the queen had so warmed to Michelle Obama that she told the first lady before she left, “Now we’ve met, will you please keep in touch?”
