”United We Must Always Remain”, says Queen

Photo of The Queen and President Bush at the White House State Banquet courtesy of the BBC

"Administrations in your country and governments in mine may come and go, but talk we will, listen we have to, disagree from time to time we may, but united we must always remain” – The Queen

BBC: The Queen has delivered a strong defence of the special relationship between Britain and the US.

At a White House banquet, she said "the lesson of my lifetime" had been that the partnership "was always to be reckoned with" in defending freedom.

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Queen praises UK-US partnership

Mark Alexander