First came the hug, then a guided tour of Buckingham Palace.
First Lady Michelle Obama got permission from Queen Elizabeth II for a guided tour of the palace with her daughters, Sasha and Malia on Sasha's eighth birthday last week, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
They were shown around the 83-year-old queen's official residence, its gardens and the queen herself greeted them afterward, according to the newspaper.
A call Sunday to Buckingham Palace was not immediately returned.
But during a visit to Britain with her husband in April, Michelle, 45, made a warm impression on the queen — so much so that the monarch strayed from protocol and briefly wrapped her arm around the first lady in a rare public show of affection. The first lady also put her arm around the monarch.
The two have kept in touch since then by phone and letter and they share a love of gardening and clothes, sources told the Telegraph.
The queen has even begun to plant veggies on a patch outside her palace just like Michelle's on the White House lawn.