
Obama and his wife, Michelle, presented the Queen with a rare coffee table book of songs by composers Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart that Rodgers signed in May 1952.
But word that he also had given her an iPod created plenty of buzz as it conjured up images of the British monarch all plugged up, earbuds in place, and perhaps bopping to the 40 show tunes on the portable device.
To bring the book to life, the iPod was loaded with dozens of classic show tunes, including several from Camelot, which was based on the King Arthur legend, and My Fair Lady, which was set in London.