8 times celebrities broke protocol when meeting the royal family

Year: 2009
Image: In his 2018 memoir Becomingthe former first lady detailed how she broke royal protocol during the meeting Queen Elizabeth IIshowing that her majesty did not seem to object to the error.

“Forget that she sometimes wore a diamond crown and that I flew to London on the presidential plane; we were two tired women oppressed by shoes,” Obama wrote of their first meeting in April 2009. “Then I did what was instinctive: I always express my feelings when I feel a connection with a new person. I gently put my hand on her shoulder.”

with before two tired women crushed by our boots,” Obama wrote of their first meeting in April 2009. “Then I did what is instinctive for me every time I felt a connection with a new person, that is, I expressed my feelings outwardly. I gently put my hand on her shoulder.”

The moment was photographed and Obama received a print for the accidental interaction. “I tried not to let the criticism bother me,” she wrote. “If I didn’t do the right thing at Buckingham Palace, I at least did the humane thing.”

Obama continued: “I think the Queen agreed with that too, because when I touched her, she just moved closer, putting her gloved hand lightly on my lower back.”