FLOTUS kicks off Euro-trip with royal visit

Michelle Obama is kicking off her European trip with a spot of tea, sharing in the classic British tradition with Prince Harry.

The first lady sat down with the British royal on Tuesday morning, a day after arriving in London. Obama and Harry discussed the first lady’s “Let Girls Learn” initiative and their “shared interest in support for veterans and their families,” according to Kensington Palace.

Prince Harry also met with the Obama daughters, 16-year-old Malia and Sasha, 14, as well as Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, who are all accompanying her on the weeklong trip.

{mosads}Following her visit with Prince Harry, Obama visited a school in London where she urged girls to complete their education.

“The world needs more girls like you growing up to lead our parliaments and our board rooms and our courtrooms and our universities,” she said. We need you. We need people like you tackling the pressing problems we face — climate change and poverty, violent extremism, disease.”

The first lady announced a new five-year, $200 million partnership between the United States and United Kingdom to increase access to education for adolescent girls in African nations affected by conflict, such as Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

“We want to make sure that every door is open to girls like you, and not just here in England, not just in America, but in every corner of the globe,” she said.

Obama was expected to meet with Prime Minister David Cameron later Tuesday.

After her two-day stop in the U.K., Obama will travel to the Milan Expo in Italy to promote her “Let’s Move!” initiative to combat childhood obesity.

She is also expected to visit U.S. troops stationed in Vincenza as part of her “Joining Forces” to boost educational and job opportunities for service members and their families.

The first family will visit tourist sites in Venice before returning to Washington.