Prince Harry, the younger son of Prince Charles and fifth in line to the British throne, on Tuesday welcomed Michelle Obama for tea at Kensington Palace as the first lady embarked on the first leg of her week-long European tour, ABC News reported.

The 30-year-old was "very pleased" to host the wife of President Barack Obama, who brought along the couple's daughters, Sasha and Malia, and Michelle Obama's mother, Marian Robinson, Kensington Palace announced.

Although the royal tea was a private event, the first lady later alluded to the conversation she had with the prince as she visited with students at the Mulberry School for Girls in London.

"There are 60 million girls all around the world, just like the girls here, but they're not getting an education," Obama said. Prince Harry told her that "it's important to have male voices at the table on this issue because oftentimes it's going to be the brother or the father in a community speaking up," she added.

At the school, the first lady was joined by Julia Gillard, the former prime minister of Australia, who similarly spoke about the need to expand access to education. President Obama on Tuesday also visited with British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, at 10 Downing Street, USA Today noted.

The 51-year-old's stay in London proved but a stopover, however, as the first lady and her daughters quickly advanced to the second leg of their trip, which took them to the northern Italian city of Milan, the Daily Mail detailed.

Just hours after her arrival, Mrs. Obama took a cooking class with children at the city's James Beard American Restaurant, where she spoke to Italian and American middle-school students about the importance of eating as a family.

"We've preserved our family dinner time," she said. "No matter what the president is doing, between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., he stops. We come up, we sit down, we have a meal."

The first lady is set to lead a presidential delegation to the Expo 2015 World's Fair, hosted by Milan through the end of October; the current Universal Exposition focuses on food, nutrition and world hunger issues, the Daily Mail recalled.