AsCNNreported, the pair were attending a state dinner that required toasts to be given by each party.

When Obama stood to reciprocate the gesture, things went a little sideways.

The band kicked into the British national them, “God Save The Queen.”

Barack Obama singing

While attending the G20 summit in 2009, Michelle Obama reportedly committed a royal faux pas without knowing it.

Barack Obama addressed the ensuing media fallout directly in his book “A Promised Land.”

“Although the Queen didn’t seem to mind, slipping her arm around Michelle in return.”

Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth

For her part,Michellealso explained the moment in greater detail.

She shook her head.

‘These shoes are unpleasant, are they not?’

She gestured with some frustration at her own black pumps.

I confessed then to the Queen that my feet were hurting.

She confessed that hers hurt, too."