And this, your Royal Highness, is what we call "technology"
04/01/09
Over in the land of fish and chips, President Obama's amateurism continues:
Barack Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today and gave her a gift of an iPod loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 visit to the United States. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed photograph of herself - apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries.
The Queen already has an iPod, a 6GB silver Mini version she bought in 2005 at the suggestion of Prince Andrew.
Please don't tell me he also greeted her with a high-five.
From DVDs for Gordon Brown that were unplayable on British-made DVD players to presenting the Queen of England in iPod. Are the ideas for gifts to foreign dignitaries being vetted by the same person who handles cabinet nominees?!