Education is key, Obama tells UK girls

US First Lady Michelle Obama has told pupils at a girls' school in east London that education is the "ultimate key" to their success.

Mrs Obama, wife of President Barack, told pupils at Mulberry School for Girls their "amazing education" gave them all they needed to succeed.

She also launched the Let Girls Learn initiative to boost education globally for adolescent girls.

Earlier she met Prince Harry to discuss service personnel families' issues.

She has now arrived at Downing Street for tea with Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha.

Earlier Mrs Obama told pupils at the school in Tower Hamlets the world needed "more girls like you to lead our parliaments, our courtrooms and universities".

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