The Royal visit ...An iPod for the Queen!

[diabolical_Tanya]

So what do the new kids on the block give the woman who has everything?

On their maiden European tour as President and First Lady, Michelle and Barack Obama put a little of their signature youthful flair into what is usually stuffy old protocol: the exchange of gifts between foreign leaders.

For Queen Elizabeth? An inscribed iPod fully accessorized and loaded with the "ultimate Broadway" collection of 40 tunes, including "People" by Barbra Streisand, "Aquarius" by Ronald Dyson and songs from a wide range of shows from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to Rent and La Cage aux Folles.

And just in case the Queen, 82, and her husband Prince Philip, 87, are more in the mood for a sing along á deux, the Obamas included a rare 1951 printing of a 243-page Rodgers and Hart Songbook – signed by Richard Rodgers – and including music and words to toe-tapping tunes from 22 Broadway shows and two films.

"It was a fun and very welcome gift," a palace spokesman tells PEOPLE about the iPod, which also contains photos of the Queen's state visit to the U.S. in 2007.

Returning the generosity, Her Majesty presented the Obamas with a silver-framed, signed photograph of herself and Prince Philip – the traditional gift often given to visiting heads of state.


Prime Minister's Presents
The President and Michelle Obama had a private audience with the Queen and Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon – part of a series of high-level, closely watched diplomatic meetings for the Obamas. Their first stop Wednesday morning was 10 Downing Street, official residence of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, his wife Sarah and their two boys – identified in official U.S. trip documents as "Master John" and "Master James."

There were gifts for them, too. Mrs. Obama selected a personal style favorite for Mrs. Brown – a broach (to be specific, it was a "crochet black flower brooch with pearl accents&quot. John, 5, got a baseball bat signed by Derek Jeter, a baseball signed by President Obama and a book titled Classic Baseball.

For younger brother James, 2, there was a collection of 10 Dr. Seuss books. As for talks between the President and the boys? "We talked about dinosaurs a little bit in between discussions of Afghanistan and Iran," Obama said with a laugh. "So we've had a wonderful time."

[evanovitch]

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dang...HM a shrink in har ole age eeh an she wasnt dat tall to stawt wid

[diabolical_Tanya]

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[mountaingal]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">dang...HM a shrink in har ole age eeh an she wasnt dat tall to stawt wid </div></div>
she look like shi a disappear. her expression (lack thereof) didn't do much to assert her presence either. philip, otoh, stands out in the photo. probably laffing at some darkie joke in his head.

[neutral]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> philip, otoh, stands out in the photo. probably laffing at some darkie joke in his head.
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That would be just like good ole` phil,...I wouldnt be surprised if he opens his mouth and put his foot in it,everyone accepts that he`s a bit of a bumbling buffoon.

[Gen]

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i am of the mind that if yuh cannot pick a gift weh yuh think the smaddy a guh like den mi prefer not to give a gift at all.


a picture of the queen \0/ who the heck want pictra a har ???

tradition or not.

[jah_yout]

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they should have pre-loaded peter tosh's &quot;buckingham palace&quot; in the i-pod;

<span style="font-style: italic">light up the spliff
light up the chalice
we gonna smoke it inna buckinham palace
lend me a paper
lend me a fire
come mek wi chase all dem vampire</span>

[evanovitch]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i am of the mind that if yuh cannot pick a gift weh yuh think the smaddy a guh like den mi prefer not to give a gift at all.


a picture of the queen \0/ <span style="font-weight: bold">who the heck want pictra a har </span>???

tradition or not. </div></div>

di said people who bought up everyting wid Obama picture pon it di day afta him win di election....

[diabolical_Tanya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i am of the mind that if yuh cannot pick a gift weh yuh think the smaddy a guh like den mi prefer not to give a gift at all.


a picture of the queen \0/ who the heck want pictra a har ???

tradition or not. </div></div>

come again wid less rant an more coherent english por favor

[Gen]

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BOAL yes evan but mi nuh think the obama's is <span style="font-weight: bold">dose</span> kind of people

mi nuh ha nuh pictra a dem, mi did want read the time magazine after him win, but couldn't find it anyweh


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i am of the mind that if yuh cannot pick a gift weh yuh think the smaddy a guh like den mi prefer not to give a gift at all.


a picture of the queen \0/ <span style="font-weight: bold">who the heck want pictra a har </span>???

tradition or not. </div></div>

di said people who bought up everyting wid Obama picture pon it di day afta him win di election.... </div></div>

[mountaingal]

Re: The Royal visit ...An iPod for the Queen!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i am of the mind that if yuh cannot pick a gift weh yuh think the smaddy a guh like den mi prefer not to give a gift at all.


a picture of the queen \0/ who the heck want pictra a har ???

tradition or not. </div></div>

u know, imo this gift-giving thing is really marking the Obamas as modern people. It's totally in keeping with their personas to give an ipod, and totally in keep with Liz's persona dat shi gi pictra of harself.

memba di kerfuffle bout the Obama's giving Gordon Brown a set of DVDs? mi dawta couldn't understand the fuss. to her, what was important was <span style="font-style: italic">what</span> DVDs Brown got - to her, that would have been the measure of appropriateness.

some world leaders need fi ketch up to modern times, man.

[jah_yout]

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that's no way to talk about jamaica's head of state

[mountaingal]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">that's no way to talk about jamaica's head of state </div></div>
lol! shi lucky we even a talk bout har.

[diabolical_Tanya]

Re: The Royal visit ...An iPod for the Queen!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i am of the mind that if yuh cannot pick a gift weh yuh think the smaddy a guh like den mi prefer not to give a gift at all.


a picture of the queen \0/ who the heck want pictra a har ???

tradition or not. </div></div>

u know, imo this gift-giving thing is really marking the Obamas as modern people. It's totally in keeping with their personas to give an ipod, and totally in keep with Liz's persona dat shi gi pictra of harself.

memba di kerfuffle bout the Obama's giving Gordon Brown a set of DVDs? mi dawta couldn't understand the fuss. to her, what was important was <span style="font-style: italic">what</span> DVDs Brown got - to her, that would have been the measure of appropriateness.

some world leaders need fi ketch up to modern times, man. </div></div> MGee daughter

[Gen]

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agree MG

a mean juss a little bit of thought behind the gift is all mi a seh.

is like going into a tourist shop ovah deh and picking up one a di teapot wid the queen picture pan it