The Queen met with many American presidents

Unexpected kisses, slips of tongue, cuddling Something can go wrong during the meeting between the queen and the American presidents. An Overview:

The British Queen Elizabeth II has seen many American presidents come and go in their long reign. But almost none of the matches should be as difficult as those with Donald Trump on Friday. Will he annoy the queen as more than 180,000 people fear to petition against the visit of a US president?

Harry S. Truman met the Queen in Washington in 1951 while she was still a Princess Elizabeth. A few months later, his father George VI died. – Elizabeth became queen. Truman remained in office until 1953.

She had a special friendship with Dwight D. Eisenhower. She met him in 1957 in the United States during his first state visit as a British monarch. Later she even invited her to the Royal Yacht Britannia and her summer residence Castle Balmoral in Scotland.

John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie dined with the Queen and Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace in June 1961. The last for his infamous dry humor Philip would have been a "nice but nervous" Jackie Kennedy biographer. The evening was still "very pleasant", the British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan noisily noted as "Vanity Fair".

Nixon with a special purpose

Lyndon B. Johnson is the only American president of the Queen during his reign did not meet.

Richard Nixon, on his side, visited in 1969 and 1970. He would have tried relentlessly to marry his daughter Tricia to Prince Charles

Gerald Ford met the Queen in the United States in 1976 during the celebrations the 200th anniversary of the declaration of American independence. Despite his general awkwardness, he would have inspired the queen at the ball with his dancing skills.

Jimmy Carter came to London in 1977. He caused a real scandal by kissing the mother of Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother, in greeting on the mouth. One tries in vain to avoid and later is indignant: "No one has since since my husband died."

Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy were invited to Windsor Castle in 1982. Also at Reagan, the Queen had a special thread. Above all, because Reagan shared his love for horses, he says. Reagan visited the queen three times. Once, the two met during a visit to the Queen on the west coast of the United States. He was later even knighted.

Only the Visible Hat

George Bush Senior was summoned to Buckingham Palace in 1989 for a luncheon. A second time, the two met in 1991 in Washington. When the queen spoke of a podium that had been set up for the 1.90-meter bush, only her hat was protruding behind the desk. Bush also brought the queen to a baseball game.

Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary met the Queen several times, including in 2000 at Buckingham Palace. The Clintons were also invited to the Royal Yacht Britannia.

George W. Bush arrived in London in 2001. Two years later, he was the first President of the United States to receive a pompous state reception with a coach tour on London Street. The Mall ". The two met twice more. During a visit to the Queen in Washington in 2007, he thanked Elizabeth II for being present in 1776 to mark the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. "She looked at me like a mother throwing her child," Bush said of the slip.

Barack Obama was also honored by a state reception. The first lady Michelle even tried the queen to break the protocol: she put her arm around his shoulder and Elizabeth even made the gesture. The Obamas returned shortly after the Queen's 90th birthday in 2016.

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