Opinion: Obamas do tea with the queen, get those little cucumber sandwiches. Early photo.

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For the record, First Lady Michelle Obama wore a double strand of pearls for her first meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Also a satiny black coat over a black skirt and white top. No word yet on whether it was sleeveless.

While we wait for details from the fashion press about the first fashionista’s attire, we can report that, while President Obama has been wowing world leaders, his wife has been wowing the chroniclers of style.

This morning she visited Maggie’s Cancer Care Center wearing a J. Crew bejeweled cardigan and a mint green jacquard pencil skirt. Within hours, as our colleague Booth Moore reported at All the Rage, the cardigan had sold out.

The queen and Prince Philip were obviously eager to meet the Obamas. The 82-year-old monarch, who has met 11 previous American presidents, extended the invitation to the 47-year-old president when protocol did not require it. As for the Obamas, they seemed equally tickled to be meeting with royalty.

‘There’s a last thing I should mention about Great Britain, and that’s the queen, so I am very much looking forward to meeting her for the first time,’ Barack Obama said. ‘As you might imagine, Michelle has been really thinking about it too. I think in the imagination of people throughout America, what the queen stands for, her decency and her civility and what she represents, is very important.’

— Johanna Neuman

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Photo Credit: John Stillwell/Associated Press