Sorry we’re so famous, Obamas tell daughter’s British boyfriend
BARACK and Michelle Obama have sent their daughter’s British boyfriend a letter apologising for being so famous.
The former US president and first lady reportedly wrote to Rory Farquharson after becoming concerned over the attention that Malia’s famous name might bring upon her boyfriend.
Mr Farquharson and Miss Obama, 19, have been an item since they met while studying at Harvard University last year.
However, according to sources in The Mail on Sunday, the Obamas need not worry as Mr Farquharson’s parents have been very excited over their son receiving the letter.
The 20-year-old is a former head boy at Rugby School. Mr Farquharson was made head of school at the private school for 2015-16 and was described as popular and “quite a catch”, according to one school friend. He appears to be a talented sportsman as well as academically gifted, representing his school in both golf and rugby.
He even took part in a rugby video played at the World Cup Opening ceremony in 2015, in which Prince Harry also made an appearance. His father, Charles, 57, who has a degree in law from St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, is the chief executive of Insight Investment Management, based in London.
His mother, Catherine, 58, is a qualified accountant who sits as a lay person on financial and legal tribunals in London’s Upper Tribunal.
His Twitter account also suggests he is a vocal critic of Mr Obama’s successor as president, Donald Trump, retweeting a post which suggested Mr Trump’s “populism” was unlikely to last more than a year.
In 2016, Mr Obama revealed that his daughters had already started dating, but joked that he was “pretty relaxed” about the prospect because the family still have secret service protection.
“They’ve had the secret service. There’s only so much these guys can do,” he said.