How Queen Elizabeth II Really Feels About Royal Protocol, According to Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama got a lot of heat for breaking protocol and hugging Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace's G20 Summit back in 2009, but as it turns out, the queen's stance on royal etiquette isn't as strict as you'd expect.
The former first lady is currently on a press tour for her new memoir, Becoming, and in an interview with UK's Press Association in London on Monday, Michelle revealed the queen's surprising take on protocol."So I had all this protocol buzzing in my head, and I was like 'don't trip down the stairs and don't touch anybody, whatever you do,'" Michelle said, referring to the time the queen picked her up during a visit to Windsor Castle in 2016.
"And so the queen says, 'Just get in, sit wherever' and she's telling you one thing and you're remembering protocol and she says, 'Oh, it's all rubbish, just get in.'
