In my opinion the whole "breaking protocol" issue i being blown way out proportion. There is one person who can break the rulesand that is HM, she is the monarch and if she decides to break with the normal then that is entirely up to her. The First Lady was, from watching the footage and from comments from the President etc, very nervous about meeting the Queen. At the very worst we could say that Mrs O "forgot herself" for a moment and reacted in what appears to be a very normal manner for her. That may have been against "the rules" but HM did not seem to care one bit. If HM had cared, even if she had felt obliged to return the gesture because she was being observed then palace officals didn't have to report that inf act HM was not at all bothered or offended. IF the Queen was upset don't you think we would have heard about it by ow from those "close sources" and "senior officials" we hear so much about?
Simply put, yes technically there was a "breach of protocol" and it members of teh public shouldn't take it as a sign that its ok to go about hugging HM but mistakes are made, HM didn't seem to care at all. So whats the deal? I think this is a typical case of people being offended on 'behalf of the royals' when in fact the royals themselves aren't bothered.
Wow that was a long post.
Simply put, yes technically there was a "breach of protocol" and it members of teh public shouldn't take it as a sign that its ok to go about hugging HM but mistakes are made, HM didn't seem to care at all. So whats the deal? I think this is a typical case of people being offended on 'behalf of the royals' when in fact the royals themselves aren't bothered.
Wow that was a long post.