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| Michelle Obama begins two-day UK trip to promote charity work | Michelle Obama begins two-day UK trip to promote charity work |
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| US First Lady Michelle Obama is to meet Prince Harry and David Cameron as she begins a two-day visit to the UK to promote her charity work. | |
| Mrs Obama is visiting the country to discuss her campaigns for girls' education and better support for military families. | Mrs Obama is visiting the country to discuss her campaigns for girls' education and better support for military families. |
| She will host an event at a London school to discuss boosting education globally for adolescent girls. | She will host an event at a London school to discuss boosting education globally for adolescent girls. |
| She will also discuss service personnel families' issues with the prince. | She will also discuss service personnel families' issues with the prince. |
| Later she will visit Downing Street for tea with David and Samantha Cameron. | Later she will visit Downing Street for tea with David and Samantha Cameron. |
| While in the UK, Mrs Obama will be promoting the Let Girls Learn initiative, championed by her and her husband, US president Barack Obama. | While in the UK, Mrs Obama will be promoting the Let Girls Learn initiative, championed by her and her husband, US president Barack Obama. |
| Pupils at the school will get the chance to question Mrs Obama, who was greeted by US military families as she stepped off the plane at Stansted Airport on Monday evening. | Pupils at the school will get the chance to question Mrs Obama, who was greeted by US military families as she stepped off the plane at Stansted Airport on Monday evening. |
| She is being accompanied on her trip by her mother Marian Robinson and two daughters Sasha and Malia. | She is being accompanied on her trip by her mother Marian Robinson and two daughters Sasha and Malia. |
| 'Unthinkable' life | 'Unthinkable' life |
| Writing in the Financial Times, Mrs Obama said figures which suggested more than 62 million girls across the world did not go to school were "a heartbreaking injustice". | Writing in the Financial Times, Mrs Obama said figures which suggested more than 62 million girls across the world did not go to school were "a heartbreaking injustice". |
| Forced marriages, early pregnancies, abuse and sexism were some of the obstacles to education faced by girls around the world, she added. | Forced marriages, early pregnancies, abuse and sexism were some of the obstacles to education faced by girls around the world, she added. |
| "That kind of life is unthinkable for the girls in our lives, so why would we accept this fate for any girl on this planet?" she wrote. | "That kind of life is unthinkable for the girls in our lives, so why would we accept this fate for any girl on this planet?" she wrote. |
| "This week I will join Prime Minister David Cameron in London to begin to answer that question, and announce a series of partnerships between the US and UK to educate adolescent girls in developing countries around the world." | "This week I will join Prime Minister David Cameron in London to begin to answer that question, and announce a series of partnerships between the US and UK to educate adolescent girls in developing countries around the world." |
| The White House said Prince Harry was entertaining Mrs Obama in the UK two years after attending a mother's day tea for military mothers with her, in the United States. | The White House said Prince Harry was entertaining Mrs Obama in the UK two years after attending a mother's day tea for military mothers with her, in the United States. |
| The US party will fly on to Italy after the London trip to meet US armed services families based in Europe, and to continue to promote Mrs Obama's work to encourage healthy eating among children. | The US party will fly on to Italy after the London trip to meet US armed services families based in Europe, and to continue to promote Mrs Obama's work to encourage healthy eating among children. |