If there’s one person Queen Elizabeth will allow to wrap their arm around her, it’s clearly Michelle Obama.

During her 2009 visit to Buckingham Palace, the former first lady broke the supposed royal — no touching allowed — protocol, but according to the Queen’s dress maker Angela Kelly’s new book,  The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe, Elizabeth welcomed it!

“The Queen has the ability to make everyone feel so relaxed that sometimes it feels instinctive to be tactile with her, just as Michelle Obama demonstrated during the State Visit with her husband, President Obama, in 2009,” she wrote, according to excerpts from Hello! magazine.

“Much has been made about the meeting between Michelle and her Majesty when an instant and mutual warmth was shared between these two remarkable women, and protocol was abandoned as they stood closely with their arms around each other’s backs,” Angela added, noting there was “no protocol that must be adhered to” in that instance.

Don’t start telling everybody that, Angela, otherwise a slew of royal fans will want to go for a hug with the Queen!

Ain’t Liz the greatest?