Over the course of her 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II had a ‘particular relationship’ with the US, having met practically each American president since Dwight D Eisenhower.
Elizabeth first traveled to the US with Prince Philip in 1951 at age 25 – one yr earlier than she would take the throne.
The Queen made six official journeys to the US. Three of these have been official state visits with public ceremonies. She additionally made quite a few non-public visits.
The Queen met with each single US president since Eisenhower, save for one – Lyndon B Johnson.
Her first journey to the US noticed her and Prince Philip keep at Blair Home with President Harry S Truman whereas the White Home was being renovated.
She returned to the US in 1957 to satisfy Eisenhower at her first official state go to to the nation. She additionally met then-Vice President and future President Richard Nixon.
The Queen had contact with Eisenhower once more in 1959, on the opening of the St Lawrence Seaway in Canada.
She met John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961 after they visited Buckingham Palace. The president reportedly gave the Queen a photograph of himself with a hand-written word on the again studying, ‘To Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, with appreciation and highest esteem, John F Kennedy’.
Though the Queen by no means met Johnson, she did meet Nixon in 1970 at a state go to in Buckinghamshire.
President Gerald Ford met with the Queen at a state dinner in 1976 – celebrating the bicentennial overthrowing the British monarchy. The Ford administration threw a lavish gala, and the president danced with the Queen to Frank Sinatra’s ‘The Woman is a Tramp’ within the State Eating Room.
The Queen met Ford’s substitute, President Jimmy Carter, lower than a yr after the bicentennial gala. In Might 1977, the royal household hosted a dinner for Nato leaders at Buckingham Palace, the place Carter met Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and the Queen Mom.
In 1982, Ronald Reagan turned the primary president to sleep over at Windsor Fortress when he visited the UK. Reagan and the Queen bonded over a mutual love of horseback using, and a yr later the Reagans hosted her and Prince Philip at their ranch in Santa Barbara, California.
The Queen took half in one other official state go to whereas Reagan was president. The 2 remained associates lengthy after Reagan’s retirement from politics.
Queen Elizabeth attended her ultimate state dinner on the White Home in 1991, the place she met President George HW Bush. In an unlucky gaffe, a staffer for Bush forgot to decrease the lectern for the Queen’s opening remarks on the White Home Grounds – which means onlookers might solely see the highest of her purple hat.
On that journey, the Queen additionally addressed a joint session of Congress.
‘I do hope you possibly can see me in the present day from the place you’re,’ she joked as she opened her speech.
In 1994, the Queen Elizabeth hosted President Invoice Clinton and First Woman Hillary Clinton in a single day aboard her royal yacht, the Britannia, whereas it was docked at Portsmouth Naval Base. The Britannia took the Clintons to the USS George Washington, the place they then disembarked in Normandy to have fun the fiftieth anniversary of the D-Day landings.
The Queen met President George W Bush for the primary time in 2003 when the UK hosted him for a state dinner.
President Barack Obama and First Woman Michelle met the Queen for the primary time on the G-20 Summit in London in 2009. On the summit, the Queen briefly broke protocol and allowed the First Woman to embrace her.
The Obamas returned for a two-night keep in Buckingham Palace for a state dinner in 2011, then once more for the Queen’s ninetieth birthday celebrations in 2016.
The Queen met President Donald Trump at Windsor Fortress in 2018. Trump’s journey to the UK drew massive protests throughout the nation, together with a march in London that featured an enormous inflatable child.
Trump was criticized by royalists for breaking protocol by turning his again to the Queen, then later revealing some particulars on what the Queen advised him in a non-public dialog about Brexit.
President Joe Biden first met the Queen when he was serving within the Senate. His first official assembly along with her as president got here in June 2021, when he and First Woman Jill Biden joined the Queen at Windsor Fortress.
Biden additionally advised reporters on the time some particulars of what the Queen advised him, however he disregarded issues that he was breaking protocol.
‘I don’t suppose she’ll be insulted,’ he stated, ‘However she jogged my memory of my mom.’
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