In several photos tweeted out from the Kensington Palace Twitter account, Prince George, the eldest son of Prince William and Kate Middleton, is shaking hands with Obama, and playing on his rocking horse that the U.S president gave him when he was born. The President and his wife also met Prince Harry at the Kensington Palace. He toured the replica of the open-air playhouse the Bard designed in the 16th century and listened to Hamlet’s “to be or not to be” soliloquy.
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Obama said he wanted young people to reject the cynicism piped towards them by TV and Twitter, and he lauded both the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation for sustaining peace and prosperity in Europe after centuries of war and strife. He declared the stripped-down version of the famous play “wonderful”.
Harry has a close friendship with Mrs Obama in particular – through his support of wounded military personnel and work with the Invictus Games, a Paralympic-style championship for injured military personnel from across the globe. He was also slated to meet with Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
After a few hours darting about the place, it was time to relax – Cameron and Obama hit the golf course together on Saturday afternoon before they headed off to a private dinner later this evening with Matthew Barzun, the USA ambassador to the UK. “The nations that make their presence felt on the world stage aren’t the nations that go it alone but the nations that team up to aggregate their power and multiply their influence”, he said on Friday at a news conference alongside Cameron.
Matt DunhamUS President Barack Obama takes a question as he speaks to a town hall meeting at Lindley Hall, the Royal Horticultural Society, in London, Saturday, April 23, 2016.
Asked what would happen if Britain did vote to quit, Obama said that while “maybe at some point” it could seal a trade deal with the United States, “it’s not going to happen any time soon”.
Prince George, age 2, got one of his first lessons in being a diplomat when he met the Obamas who recently visited Britain.
Obama flew to Queen Elizabeth’s castle on Friday to extend his greeting on her 90th birthday.
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United Kingdom company My 1st Years, which specializes in personalized baby gifts, shared the photo of the two-year-old prince meeting Obama and expressed disbelief as the $39 robe quickly sold out.
