'It's all rubbish': Queen Elizabeth finds royal protocol tedious, claims Michelle Obama
According to Michelle Obama, Queen Elizabeth II "rubbished" royal protocol at the Windsor Castle when she collected the Obamas from the helicopter during their last state visit.
In a conversation with author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie during her book tour Becoming: An Evening with Michelle Obama at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, Michelle said she was panicking about following the rules of behavior around her majesty. She also recalled the controversy she caused when she touched the Queen on the back during another visit. "I touched her. After all those protocol lessons, I was human," she claimed. Obama's audience included actress Michaela Coel, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, actor Riz Ahmed, and 300 school children picked from secondary schools across Britain, Daily Mail reports.
