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| Obama, on 2-Day Visit to Britain, Has Lunch With Queen Elizabeth II | Obama, on 2-Day Visit to Britain, Has Lunch With Queen Elizabeth II |
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| WINDSOR, England — It could have been a scene from “Downton Abbey,” but with helicopters: Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, welcomed President Obama and the first lady, Michelle Obama, on a vast, grassy field in front of Windsor Castle near London on Friday. | WINDSOR, England — It could have been a scene from “Downton Abbey,” but with helicopters: Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, welcomed President Obama and the first lady, Michelle Obama, on a vast, grassy field in front of Windsor Castle near London on Friday. |
| The Marine One helicopter landed just after noon and was met by a small, black Range Rover driven by Prince Philip. As the queen, dressed in a periwinkle outfit with a white scarf around her head, got out of the car, a day after her 90th birthday, the Obamas stepped off the helicopter, and the four greeted one another with handshakes. | The Marine One helicopter landed just after noon and was met by a small, black Range Rover driven by Prince Philip. As the queen, dressed in a periwinkle outfit with a white scarf around her head, got out of the car, a day after her 90th birthday, the Obamas stepped off the helicopter, and the four greeted one another with handshakes. |
| Prince Philip returned to the driver’s seat and Mr. Obama took the front passenger seat, while the queen and Mrs. Obama rode in the back for the brief trip to the castle, where they were scheduled to have a private lunch. | Prince Philip returned to the driver’s seat and Mr. Obama took the front passenger seat, while the queen and Mrs. Obama rode in the back for the brief trip to the castle, where they were scheduled to have a private lunch. |
| As they arrived at the castle’s quadrangle, they passed Royal Guardsmen dressed in traditional red jackets and black pants. | As they arrived at the castle’s quadrangle, they passed Royal Guardsmen dressed in traditional red jackets and black pants. |
| The visit to Windsor Castle is a ceremonial beginning to Mr. Obama’s two days in Britain, where he will meet with Prime Minister David Cameron and hold a town-hall-style meeting with young people. In the evening, the president and first lady will dine with the Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge at Kensington Palace. | The visit to Windsor Castle is a ceremonial beginning to Mr. Obama’s two days in Britain, where he will meet with Prime Minister David Cameron and hold a town-hall-style meeting with young people. In the evening, the president and first lady will dine with the Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge at Kensington Palace. |
| It is the third time the queen has received Mr. Obama since he became president. In 2011, the Obamas paid a state visit to Britain and stayed at Buckingham Palace. In 2009, they had a private audience at Buckingham Palace as he attended the Group of 20 summit meeting. | |
| It was during that meeting that Mrs. Obama and the queen were seen embracing lightly, a rare departure from protocol that was quickly noticed and commented on by members of the British news media. During that visit, Mr. Obama gave the queen an iPod, a gift that also raised some eyebrows. | It was during that meeting that Mrs. Obama and the queen were seen embracing lightly, a rare departure from protocol that was quickly noticed and commented on by members of the British news media. During that visit, Mr. Obama gave the queen an iPod, a gift that also raised some eyebrows. |
| British officials said that the queen, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, had met 11 of the past 12 United States presidents, with Lyndon B. Johnson being the exception. | British officials said that the queen, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, had met 11 of the past 12 United States presidents, with Lyndon B. Johnson being the exception. |
| After the Obamas left the castle, the White House announced that they had given the queen, for her birthday, a personalized photo album documenting her many visits with presidents and first ladies. The White House said the album contained pictures from the queen’s first visit to the United States, in 1951, when she was Princess Elizabeth, as well as from visits with three presidents, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover. |