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Jamie Oliver cooked up a gastronomic tour of the British Isles with the best of seasonal produce from around the country, prepared by young chefs from his Fifteen restaurant. The meal began with organic salmon from Shetland, served with samphire and sea kale, selection of vegetables from Sussex, Surrey and Kent, and Irish soda bread. For the main course, Oliver chose slow-roasted shoulder of lamb from the Elwy Valley in North Wales, with Jersey Royal potatoes, wild mushrooms and mint sauce. Dessert was an old teatime favourite – Bakewell tart and custard. Vegetarians at the meal were offered goat's cheese...

The rules are set in stone, and so the eagerly watching British media sputtered when the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, briefly put her hand on the back of Queen Elizabeth II as the two chatted at a reception. Etiquette is quite stern about this ("Whatever you do, don't touch the Queen!"). In 2007 John Howard, then Prime Minister of Australia, got plenty of criticism for apparently putting his arm around the Queen to direct her through a crowd. He denied actually touching her, but photographs suggest that he came quite close. (Another former Australian Prime Minister...

CNN correspondent Alina Cho loaded the regal language into her report on Wednesday’s American Morning about Europe’s “apparent love affair” with Michelle Obama. Besides the obligatory Jackie Kennedy references, Cho gave a preview of the first lady’s tea with Queen Elizabeth II: “On today’s schedule: tea with the queen, and insiders say the queen and America’s queen bee will be fast friends.” The correspondent even compared Mrs. Obama to Princess Diana. She also referred to the Obamas as the “royal family of the United States.” Cho began her report by hyping the first lady’s popularity, how it apparently isn’t exclusive...

Hey, you never know when Hopenchange fee-vah might strike. She could be sitting there, listening to show tunes, and suddenly think, “You know what I’m in the mood for? Obama’s 2004 convention speech.” Only a quick menu-scroll away. And to think, you guys thought this gift wasn’t special. Uploaded onto the iPod: * Photos from the Queen’s 2007 White House State Visit * Photos from the Queen’s 2007 Jamestown, Va., Visit * Photos from the Queen’s 2007 Richmond, Va., Visit * Video from the Queen’s 1957 Jamestown Visit * Video from the Queen’s 2007 Jamestown Visit * Video from the...

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Barack Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today and gave her a gift of an iPod loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 United States visit to Richmond, Jamestown and Williamsburg in Virginia. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed signed photograph of herself and the Duke of Edinburgh - apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries.

LONDON – He talked nuclear threats with Russia's president and gave an iPod to the queen. And that was only the beginning. It was an eventful first day on the world stage for President Barack Obama, launching new arms control talks, placing China ties on fresh footing and calming fears about the ailing U.S. economy — seemingly everywhere, relaxed and smiling all the while. While wife Michelle attracted breathless attention with every stop, fashionable outfit and sip of tea. The new U.S. president, in London for Thursday's high-stakes global summit on the financial meltdown, seemed to be everywhere on Wednesday....

On her first visit to Britain since husband Barack became US president, Michelle Obama dazzled London with her signature classic style Wednesday, leading one newspaper to dub her "Mighty Michelle". The First Lady accompanied her husband to Downing Street first thing for breakfast with British premier Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah before the men discussed Thursday's G20 summit and the women visited a cancer care centre. Later, she was to meet "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling when she sits next to her at a pre-summit dinner. Michelle Obama's understated chic has injected a welcome dash of class into the...

Brown told the president. "Your first 70 days in office have changed America, and you've changed America's relationship with the world."

LONDON (AP) — President Barack Obama has arrived at Buckingham Palace for a private meeting with Queen Elizabeth II. Several thousand well-wishers crowded the traffic circle in front of the gated palace on Wednesday to cheer and wave as the limousine carrying Obama and first lady Michelle Obama rolled past.

Obama gives Queen an iPod @ 1:25 pm by Eric Zimmermann President Obama has reportedly given the Queen of England an iPod during his visit to Buckingham Palace. The iPod contains video of the Queen's visit to the United States in 2007. In return, the Queen presented Obama with a framed photograph of her husband and herself, the same gift she gives to all visiting dignataries.

Barack Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today and gave her a gift of an iPod loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 United States visit to the Richmond, Jamestown and Williamsburg in Virginia. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed signed photograph of herself and the Duke of Edinburgh - apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries. The Queen already has an iPod, a 6GB silver Mini version she bought in 2005 at the suggestion of Prince Andrew. UPDATE: Pool reporter Richard Wolf of USA Today says that an Obama aide told him...

Barack Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today and gave her a gift of an iPod loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 United States visit to the Richmond, Jamestown and Williamsburg in Virginia. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed signed photograph of herself and the Duke of Edinburgh - apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries. The Queen already has an iPod, a 6GB silver Mini version she bought in 2005 at the suggestion of Prince Andrew. Earlier, Mr Obama had spoken of his admiration for Her Majesty but indicated that his...

LONDON – President Barack Obama has arrived at Buckingham Palace for a private meeting with Queen Elizabeth II. Several thousand well-wishers crowded the traffic circle in front of the gated palace on Wednesday to cheer and wave as the limousine carrying Obama and first lady Michelle Obama rolled past. On the eve of a global economic summit, Obama promised world leaders he would listen, not lecture, as they seek a common fix to the financial crisis. "We can only meet this challenge together," he said Wednesday as the U.S. and Russia spoke on the summit sidelines about nuclear warhead reduction....

This just in: Diplomatic jaws dropped across the continent yesterday when it was revealed that U.S. President Barack Obama had, once again, fumbled a routine protocal of international statecraft: finding the right gift for a foreign leader or head of state. In a private ceremony with Queen Elizabeth, Her Royal Highness bequeathed to the Obamas one of the earliest known copies of William Shakespeare's Henry V. She also presented him with the framed orginal sheet music of John Newton's "Amazing Grace." To the Obama daughters, the Queen gave a dollhouse-sized replica of Windsor Castle with a functioning train station in...

Here is video of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Barack Obama holding a joint press conference today in London ahead of the G20 Summit to be held there. Brown said that Great Britain and the United States were renewing their "special relationship." . . . . . . (Watch Video)

President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to rally the world's top and emerging powers to help cope with a global economic downturn, saying, "We can only meet this challenge together." The president also disputed criticism that the United States was feuding with other nations about the need to pump more money into economic stimulus policies, saying any differences are "vastly overstated." "I am absolutely confident that this meeting will reflect enormous consensus about the need to work in concert to deal with these problems," Obama said ahead of the G-20 economic crisis summit. Obama prodded nations to spur growth and work...

A FEW months ago, the so phisticated view was that President Obama would be welcomed at the G-20 summit in London today not as America's first black president but as its first "European" president. His victory last November signified that America had seen the light of European social democracy. Americans would now have socialized medicine, higher welfare spending, more economic regulation and a larger government -- just like Europe. Transatlantic cooperation would now be that much easier. It hasn't turned out that way. Yes, welfare, regulation, spending and government are all on the rise in America, and some form of...

Barack Obama enters his first real moment of global diplomacy in London on Wednesday with a paradox: he is the most popular US president in a generation, but you would have to go back more than two generations to find one with fewer cards to play. Many outside the US accept that the country is not solely to blame for the global meltdown. None would point the finger at Mr Obama personally. But it is he who will be the target of long pent-up resentment at the USÂ’s evangelical approach now that its belief in self-regulating markets has been discredited....

President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle arrived in Britain last night to bring some glamour to the G20 summit of world leaders. The Presidential plane, Air Force One, touched down at Stansted just before 8pm for Mr Obama's first official visit to Europe. A crowd of well-wishers, many waving U.S. flags, had gathered in the cold to welcome the couple Hand in hand, they waved from the steps of the Boeing 747, the First Lady wearing a bright yellow dress and the President in a dark suit and spotted tie. They were greeted by Chancellor Alistair Darling - and...