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10. And, so did Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush.

Wed May 24, 2017, 02:56 PM

May 2017

As well as every other First Lady. You can see the photos lower down in the link. Queen Elizabeth wore one, as well, over her black hat.

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For the record: Mrs. Obama wore black and veil when meeting the Pope at the Vatican. [View all] dixiegrrrrl May 2017 OP

Here: Kingofalldems May 2017 #1

Beauty and class. NCTraveler May 2017 #5

BTW itcfish May 2017 #6

ty for posting that. dixiegrrrrl May 2017 #18

Dumb, forcing women to wear black, dumb. Eliot Rosewater May 2017 #2

Not forced itcfish May 2017 #9

Yes But that itcfish May 2017 #3

Yes. n/t demmiblue May 2017 #4

Yes and No. But, their meetings were not at the Vatican. GoCubsGo May 2017 #11

But in their initial greeting.... chillfactor May 2017 #7

The black and veil is traditional only when meeting inside the Vatican... WePurrsevere May 2017 #12

Are retired Popes still infallible? DefenseLawyer May 2017 #8

There have only been 2 infallible papal TexasProgresive May 2017 #13

Might want to hit the books on that particular topic LanternWaste May 2017 #15

I think I'll pass. Whatever you all want to do fine. DefenseLawyer May 2017 #16

Throw your miter into the ring next time jberryhill May 2017 #19

And, so did Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush. GoCubsGo May 2017 #10

Yup. tazkcmo May 2017 #14

Kind of a double standard relative to Saudi jberryhill May 2017 #17