Something old, something new — but Barack, Donald and Theresa, no nups for you. It’s official: The head count at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding next month will include no heads of state. Which means President Donald Trump needn’t expect an invitation. Ditto former POTUS Barack Obama. And British Prime Minister Theresa May. “It has been decided that an official list of political leaders — both U.K. and international — is not required for Prince Harry and Ms. Markle’s wedding,” a spokesman for the prince’s office said in a statement. Yes, the government had been consulted on the plan, the spokesman added. And yes, it’s all on the up and up since the Royal Ginger is not the direct heir to the throne. The announcement about the hotly anticipated May 19 royal wedding puts an end to speculation about who would make the cut: Barack and Michelle Obama, whom the Cinnamon Prince is fond of … [Read more...] about Why Donald Trump and Barack Obama were not invited to royal wedding
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Queen jokes about US President Donald Trump and Barack Obama’s noisy planes in conservation documentary
News / UK and world by Press Association April 10, 2018, 12:01 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter The Queen has poked fun at the noisy aircraft favoured by US President Donald Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama during a documentary celebrating a Commonwealth environmental project. Chatting to Sir David Attenborough as they stroll through Buckingham Palace’s gardens the Queen says “sounds like President Trump, or President Obama”, when the peaceful setting is shattered by the sound of an aircraft. The UK is still waiting for the US leader to make an official trip, more than a year after Theresa May invited him, but by contrast Mr Obama and wife Michelle struck up a long-lasting friendship with the British royal family after his state visit in 2011. Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, and her six children, also feature in the ITV documentary due to be screened next Monday, and she praises the Queen for … [Read more...] about Queen jokes about US President Donald Trump and Barack Obama’s noisy planes in conservation documentary
Barack Obama meets ex-PM Renzi in Milan
The two leaders at the White House last October. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP Barack Obama will meet in Milan on Monday with Matteo Renzi, the former Italian prime minister who was recently elected as the new head of that country's governing Democratic Party. The former US president - who will be in Milan to speak to a conference on innovation, food security and climate change - will meet Renzi privately Monday afternoon, a spokesman for Obama announced.close partners and became good friends while in office," he added.appropriating the "En Marche!" ("On the Move!") exhortation of Emmanuel Macron, the centrist elected French president on Sunday.making clear his support for Macron, saying the young man - at 39, France's youngest leader ever - had "put forward a vision for the important role that France plays in Europe and around the world."keynote speech on Tuesday will come at the third edition of "Seeds & Chips - The Global Food Innovation Summit." IN PICTURES: The defining moments … [Read more...] about Barack Obama meets ex-PM Renzi in Milan
Barack Obama to meet king of Spain in long-awaited visit
Spanish King Felipe VI and Barack Obama at the White House in September 2015. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP. Barack Obama will be the first US president to make an official visit to Spain in 15 years when Air Force One touches down in Seville on Saturday. Spanish King Felipe VI is set to meet Obama at the airport on Saturday in what will be the first official visit by a US President to the Iberian country in 15 years. Obama's stop in Spain is part of a European trip during which he will also attend a Nato summit in Poland. In Seville, the American leader is set to take a tour of the historic city where New World colonizer Christopher Columbus is buried, according to Spanish news agency Europa Press. Obama will also visit US troops at the Rota naval base in Cádiz. On Monday, Obama will meet with acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, and the King will host a royal palace lunch for Obama, along with leaders from Spain's major political parties, according to ABC. There's been … [Read more...] about Barack Obama to meet king of Spain in long-awaited visit
Barack Obama, John Lewis discuss Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in new video
Former President Barack Obama and Congressman John Lewis appeared in a video honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Wednesday as the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader's assassination.The video, released by the Obama Foundation, features the 44th U.S. president and Democratic representative from Georgia sitting down with young leaders, discussing King's legacy and its modern imprint in an increasingly polarized nation.Lewis, who marched with King and other civil rights activists in the 1960's as a teenager, described being with Robert F. Kennedy's campaign in Indiana when he learned of King's death. Kennedy went on to deliver a powerful speech that night from the bed of a truck, echoing the slain reverend's message of love, compassion and equality."It was a very sad and dark time for me. He was my leader, he was my inspiration," Lewis said, speaking to Ron Brown College Preparatory High School students in Washington, D.C. "But when … [Read more...] about Barack Obama, John Lewis discuss Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in new video