As the queen looked helplessly at her bodyguard, a look of obvious fright frozen on her face, the Duke of Edinburgh expresses dismay that they were not told in advance the Obamas were nearly 8 feet tall."They certainly didn't look it in any of the things we had previously seen of them on television," the duke commented afterward, "and I must say it came as rather a shock when they first strode ponderously into the room."
But no harm done, and Her Majesty seemed openly relieved as she discovered the Obamas are apparently quite tame.
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Incidentally, the Duke of Edinburgh still holds the Guinness Record for the number of medals worn by an individual who in real life was only a lieutenent.
In other news...
Oh, never mind. You have probable heard of the Queen and Michelle's little affair already.
