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![US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron pose for a selfie with Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt during the memorial service of South African former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium (Soccer City) in Johannesburg. Obama’s wife, Michelle, sat unsmiling next to her husband. [PHOTO: AFP]](https://cdn.standardmedia.co.ke/images/thursday/selfie-main.jpg) |
| US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron pose for a selfie with Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt during the memorial service of South African former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium (Soccer City) in Johannesburg. Obama’s wife, Michelle, sat unsmiling next to her husband. [PHOTO: AFP] |
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron defended his behaviour at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in South Africa after he was criticised at home for posing with US President Barack Obama for what some said was a disrespectful photograph.
The self-portrait - known as a “selfie” in online social media - was taken on Tuesday in Soweto at the memorial event for Mandela, who died last Thursday aged 95.
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