AMERICA'S First Lady has cosied up to the Queen as Prince Philip once again put his foot in his mouth when the Obamas visited Buckingham Palace.
Barack and Michelle Obama met with the Queen her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, ahead of a reception for other G20 leaders and international organisations.

Prince Philip latest gaffe came after Mr Obama said: “I had breakfast with the Prime Minister, meetings with the Chinese, the Russians, David Cameron...”

Prince Philip replied: “Can you tell the difference between them?"

The Independent said Philip had "displayed his uncanny knack for leaving his mark on a state occasion".

While the Daily Express remarked: "It was, given his record for talking about Chinese slitty eyes, dud Indian factory products, Scottish alcoholics and Hungarian pot-bellies, not the wisest thing to say."

And in an incident almost identical to the one involving former Australian prime minister Paul Keating in 1992, Michelle Obama briefly put her hand on the back of Queen Elizabeth II as the two chatted at a Buckingham Palace reception.

Mrs Obama put her hand on the Monarch only after the Queen had placed her own hand on the First Lady's back as part of their conversation.

Mr Keating was infamously branded the "Lizard of Oz" with his touch of the Royal back during the Queen's tour of Canberra's Parliament House.

But he wasn't the only former Aussie PM to have been brought undone by Royal protocol.

In 2007, John Howard got plenty of criticism for apparently putting his arm around the Queen to direct her through a crowd. He later denied actually touching her, but photographs suggest that he came quite close.

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