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President Barack Obama's love for his oldest daughter Malia has always been apparent - whether it was serenading her on her 18th birthday, or choking up during her high school graduation.

But as the first family left Martha's Vineyard on Sunday, the president kept his distance from the 18-year-old, who appears to be enjoying her gap year before she heads to Harvard in 2017.

At one point Obama turned to address Malia, who responded with a smirk, before he tended to 15-year-old Sasha instead.