Grim gift for Obamas
A portrait of Michael Martin is not the souvenir most people would want to bring home from London and perhaps this explains the less than joyous expression on Michelle Obama’s face as she leaves the Houses of Parliament with her daughters.
America’s first lady, 45, clutched a brochure featuring a photograph of the shamed Commons speaker after a visit to Westminster with Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven.
The trio flew into London yesterday morning after a weekend sightseeing in Paris with President Obama, who returned to the States on Sunday.
The first family received a rapturous reception in Paris during a brief unofficial visit after the D-Day commemorations in Normandy.
Thousands of Parisians lined the streets to see them.