GOP activist DePass apologizes after joking on Facebook that gorilla is related to Michelle Obama Updated June 15th 2009 Take our Poll - GOP activist's gaffe Would you accept the apology from Rusty DePass after he likened First Lady Michelle Obama to an escaped gorilla? - Yes. He seemed sincere and contrite. 16% - No. His comments were racist and unforgivable, and his explanation didn't make any sense 84% http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/06/14/2009-06-14_pol_gorilla_is_related_to_first_lady.html [with comments]
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Michelle Obama, Queen Elizabeth's Friendship Revealed After She And Daughters Get Rare Private Tour Of Palace
In this image made available by 10 Downing Street in London, Friday June 12, 2009, Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Browm, left, and US first lady Michelle Obama walk in the garden of 10 Downing Street, London, on Monday June 8, 2009. During her visit to London earlier this week, America's the first lady and her daughters visited the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Pinewood Studios and enjoyed a fish and chip supper. (AP Photo/Richard Lewis, ho)
NANCY ZUCKERBROD | June 14, 2009 10:07 AM EST | AP
LONDON — First came the hug, then a guided tour of Buckingham Palace.
First Lady Michelle Obama, on a visit to London last week, got permission from Queen Elizabeth II for a guided tour of the palace with her daughters, Sasha and Malia.
They were shown around the queen's official residence and its gardens and the queen herself greeted them afterward, according to a royal source who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting was private.
In April, during a visit to Britain with her husband, Michele Obama made a warm impression on the queen - so much so that the monarch strayed from protocol and briefly wrapped her arm around the first lady in a rare public show of affection. The first lady also put her arm around the monarch.
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