Mrs Blair, who was criticised for several controversies during her husband Tony's premiership, warned Mrs Obama that she faced "hard adjustments" as her family prepared to enter the White House.She warned that the soon-to-be First Lady should "remember that it is not you who was elected" and be wary of political opponents suggesting that she held the "power behind the throne".
In a newspaper article, Mrs Blair wrote: "You have to learn to take a back seat, not just in public but in private. When your spouse is late to put the kids to bed, or for dinner, or your plans for the weekend are turned upside-down again, you simply have to accept that he had something more important to do.
"You can't confuse being a sounding board with having influence over decisions. You always have to remember that it is not you who was elected.
"The power behind the throne is a line of attack political opponents are only too keen to deploy, as Hillary Clinton discovered."
In the article, which was published in The Times, Mrs Blair admitted that following the advice is "not always easy", adding: "I can't say I always bore this with equanimity."
She added that some sections of the US media had sought to portray Mrs Obama "as another Hillary, angrier and more divisive than her husband", in what she described as a "damaging stereotype".
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