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OMG! The First Lady and Kate Middleton (the Duchess of Cambridge, if we’re using her proper title) were in the same room! Wearing clothes! Now we know why the Rapture was postponed.

Earlier today Michelle Obama chatted with the Duchess at Buckingham Palace in a blue floral Barbara Tfank dress and contrasting pink bolero jackets. The newlywed stuck to her classic high street (British translation: you don’t have to be royalty to afford it) style in a $340 dress from Reiss that’s already sold out online. {Fashionista}

If history repeats itself, Reiss could be on track to sell as many of those dresses as they can get in stock: the white dress Middleton wore in her engagement photos reportedly sold at a rate of one per minute after being identified.

We think Prince William and President Obama were wearing clothes too, but no one has noticed so we can’t be sure.

As we speak, Michelle Obama is enjoying a state dinner at Buckingham Palace, where she and the President will stay for two nights – in the same suite that Prince William and Kate Middleton used after they were married (we’ll let you draw your own connections there). There aren’t pictures available yet, but the First Lady looked positively stunning in a white halter neck gown, and we’re sure Duchess Catherine won’t disappoint either.

Update: the photos are in! View the white Tom Ford gown Michelle Obama wore to the state dinner at Buckingham Palace and the items we found that will let you steal the style.

One photo shows the couple warmly embracing each other, while another includes a more stately pose with portraits and other decorations from St. James’s Palace more clearly displayed in the background.

The Cut has identified Kate’s dress in the second photo as a year-old design from Reiss, a British retailer that sells moderately priced clothes, and the embroidered blouse in the close-up photo as one from UK retailer Whistles. Imagine the excitement everyone had when Michelle Obama started appearing in J.Crew as well as more established (and higher priced) labels, put a posh accent on it, and you basically understand the enthusiasm over the latest photos.

No word on what the retail response has been thus far, but the $500 dark blue Issa dress that the future princess wore to the engagement press conference sold out not long after Middleton wore it, and her engagement ring (which was once Princess Diana’s) has driven a resurgence in knockoffs as well.

There hasn’t been any confirmation on who will design her wedding dress, but gamblers in the UK are betting on Bruce Oldfield. {the Cut} We’re betting that an “inspired by gown” will make its way into stores not long after.