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Video | Obama: Queen Elizabeth reminded me of my grandmother

Barack Obama’s highly self-referential memory of the queen.

It starts like this:

The first time that I met the Queen was visiting London. She reminded me very much of my grandmother, which surprised me, not just in appearance but also in manner, very gracious but also no-nonsense. Wry sense of humor. She could not have been more kind or thoughtful to me and Michelle.

Shortly thereafter, Michelle and Malia and Sasha, my two daughters, had occasion to go back to England. Buckingham Palace reached out and Her Majesty had invited Michelle and the two girls to tea. She had then offered the girls to drive in her golden carriage around the grounds of Buckingham Palace. It was the sort of generosity and consideration that left a mark in my daughter’s lives that’s still there.

6 thoughts on “Video | Obama: Queen Elizabeth reminded me of my grandmother”

  1. Chester

    Obama stated on Brexit, to the British: “You will be at the back of the queue on any trade deal with the U.S.” Furthermore, took the Churchill statue out of the Oval Office. Get in the back of the queue, Barry.

    1. Oklahoma Lady

      Obama didn’t possess class either. He doesn’t understand that “class” is not achieved by money, as it cannot be bought, and sometimes great people are born with it. Obama doesn’t have it, never will.

  4. Celtic Queen

    Michael actual placed his hand and arm on the Queen’s back as he towered over Her Majesty. No-one was ever supposed to touch the Queen!

  5. Benny Cemoli

    ” She had then offered the girls to drive in her golden carriage around the grounds of Buckingham Palace.”

    Uh, no. There is no way that the Queen would have offered to allow the girls to drive in her golden carriage. Certainly not for Obama’s daughters. Or anyone else for that matter. Not even just around Buckingham Palace Those Golden Carriages are reserved for official state functions and are otherwise stored very carefully away due to their extreme age.

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