The Queen in the States

Photo of the Queen courtesy of the BBC

BBC: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are visiting the site of the US's first permanent English settlement on its 400th anniversary.

The royal couple will see a museum and archaeological dig at Jamestown, Virginia, accompanied by Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne.

The engagement comes during the monarch's first US tour in 16 years. Queen sees historic US settlement (Read on)

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