The Queen and The President


2. Princess Elizabeth
and President Harry S. Truman.
 Princess Elizabeth and President Harry S. Truman in the Canadian Embassy in Washington on Nov. 1, 1951, during a formal dinner for the Trumans. The princess and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, played host to the Trumans following their Canadian tour.
3. Queen Elizabeth
and President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 
 President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first sitting U.S. president to host Queen Elizabeth. Here she stands with Eisenhower at the White House State banquet he held in her honor on Oct. 20, 1957, in Washington. Eisenhower is wearing the British Order of Merit awarded him by King George VI after World War II.
4. Queen Elizabeth
and President John F. Kennedy.
 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip host Queen's Dinner for President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy at Buckingham Palace on June 5, 1961.
5. Queen Elizabeth
and President Richard Nixon.
 Queen Elizabeth is pictured with U.S. President Richard Nixon at Chequers, Buckinghamshire, in 1970.
8. Queen Elizabeth
and President Ronald Reagan.
 Queen Elizabeth of England making a toast at a state dinner given in her honour by President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan in San Francisco, March 1983.
9. Queen Elizabeth
and President George H.W. Bush.
 President George H.W. Bush escorts Queen Elizabeth II from the White House to a helicopter en route to Baltimore to watch her first Major League Baseball game on May 15, 1991, in Washington.
10. Queen Elizabeth
and President Bill Clinton.
 Queen Elizabeth sits alongside President Bill Clinton at the Guildhall in June 1994 prior to attending a banquet for the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
11. Queen Elizabeth
and President George W. Bush.
 George W. Bush pulled out all the stops when he hosted Queen Elizabeth at the White House in 2007. The state dinner was the only white-tie event that Bush, a president famous for his Texas drawl and informal style, held at the White House. Here the two walk through St George's Hall at Windsor Castle in England, June 15, 2008.
12. Queen Elizabeth
and President Barack Obama.
 U.S. President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II give a toast during State Banquet in Buckingham Palace on May 24, 2011 in London, England.

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