i'm sure the FLOTUS is well acquainted with the protocol of high tea unlike the wookie...
Posted on 07/11/2018 5:43:16 PM PDT by simpson96
First Lady Melania Trump is set to meet Britain’s Queen this week as she and her husband, President Donald Trump, visit the U.K.
During the visit, President Trump is to meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May, holding a joint press conference at Chequers on Friday, while the first lady will accompany her husband to dinner at Blenheim palace on Thursday and then for an audience with the Queen on Friday.(snip)
Trump and Melania will then join the Queen inside the castle for tea, although the palace did not comment on whether they would be joined by the Queen’s husband Prince Philip, who has been absent from a number of events recently.
The Queen has met 11 of the past 12 serving U.S. presidents, with the exception of Lyndon B. Johnson. She met former president Barack Obama on several occasions, one that notably saw former First Lady Michelle Obama put her arm round the Queen in 2009, in a friendly gesture that broke with protocol.
The hug took place at a reception at Buckingham Palace for the G20, with Michelle Obama and the Queen having met earlier in the day and exchanging gifts. Footage from the event shows the pair appeared to have struck up something of a friendship as Michelle put her arm around the Queen, who reciprocated with the same gesture.
But following in the footsteps of former First Lady Michelle Obama, will Melania break with protocol and risk giving the queen a friendly embrace?
Melania may or may not break with tradition, having done both on past occasions; donning a black outfit and veil for a meeting with the Pope in 2017 but opting not to cover her hair during a visit to Saudi Arabia.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
I was a member a few Honor Guards and the Queen always stopped and talked to me ,scary
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I know a retired British Army man who did ceremonial guard time at Buckingham Palace. He said the Queen was always cordial.
No. Mrs. Melenia Trump, our most excellent First Lady, has class - unlike Obama.
Hugging the Queen, or ANY WORLD LEADER/HEAD/MONARCH, out of the blue, in front of cameras, on first meeting them is a HUGE sign of disrespect and uncouthness!
This has less than NOTHING to do with our Revolutionary War and becoming our own nation, instead of a colony; but with good manners.
Aaaah, you wanna have a queen to bow down too...
Wearing black to meet the Pope in a private audience is a protocol standard for everyone.
Moochelle put her arms around the Queen and said loudly “Hugs instead o’ drugs, mama!”
She pushed a half eaten drumstick toward the Queen and said “What’s the matter, doncha like chicken over here in England”
It went downhill from there.
Your imbecilic assumption and rudeness just makes you the fool.
Raised in the gutter, were ya, by rude, uneducated, people; or were you just never "raised" by anyone at all?
No, she won’t Melania is a cultured woman of the world who is educated, poised, gracious and charming. Michelle Obama was an ill mannered, obnoxious , uncultured ghetto hood rat.
Besides Dennis Rodman and Little Richard. But only after a game or a show on stage.
“President Trump is to meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May, holding a joint press conference at Chequers on Friday...”
Remember when obama did this? “So, ah, so where’s the ah, joints?”
Her hugging the Queen did NOTHING except give the media a reason to find fault. And you fell for it.
People - YOU - falling for the media “outrage” over the action are the fools.
You got your panties all twisted because someone didn’t follow some arcane protocol that means NOTHING. Absolutely NOTHING.
I am an American. I am not less than a fake monarch. I am not subjugated to a fake monarch.
And I will most certainly not be bullied by media controlled sheep.
It is wonderful to once again have a First Lady who knows how to behave in public. Most FReepers do, too. There is the occasional boob, who thinks Sasquatch is the epitome of style and grace, but they’re few and far between.
Good point. I’m old enough to remember when the nuns at the church I attended wore black from head to toe. I wrote the author of the article, and told her she hadn’t done her homework, and should have before writing the article...then pointed out Jackie Kennedy’s outfit from 1962. You can always count on libs to leave out pertinent info so they can get a dig in.
Oh my gosh, seriously. what did “upsetting” this protocol really break?
NOTHING!
i'm sure the FLOTUS is well acquainted with the protocol of high tea unlike the wookie...
Sorry....It’s called respect.
That sentence was poorly written-—the writer was saying that she DID follow tradition meeting the Pope,but did not in Saudi Arabia.
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While i expect flotus will behave with dignity i hope the hell she does not bow or curtsey to anyone
The british crown should be bowing to us for saving their asses multiple times in the last hundred years
Yes, what a stupid, fake news non-story. Melania will follow traditional protocol, because she has class.
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