The Queen & US Presidents

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🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

We had plans today to release the first two episodes of American History Hit but due to the news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II last week, we’ve decided to take some time and do something a little different.

You’ll hear those episodes on Thursday September 22, until then here’s a special mini episode looking into the Queen’s historic meetings with US presidents who served during her 70 years on the throne. As she reminded George W Bush in 2003, "unlike in the United States, the British head of state is not limited to two terms of four years, and I have met no less that seven of your predecessors".

Elizabeth’s reign saw her meet thirteen of the last fourteen presidents, from dinner with Kennedy, to touring Buckingham Palace with Nixon. Dancing with Ford, to watching baseball with Bush Senior. Dining with Obama to banqueting with Trump - she’s likely to have met more American presidents than anyone else in history.

American History Hit will officially launch on Thursday 22nd September.

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0:00.0	Hi there. I'm Don Wildman and welcome to American History Hit.
0:07.0	Well, we had plans today to release our first two episodes of the podcast, but due to the
0:12.1	sad news of the death of Queen Elizabeth
0:14.1	the second last week we've decided to take a pause and do something a little
0:17.7	different. You'll hear those episodes of American History hit on Thursday
0:21.9	September 22nd.
0:23.0	Until then, here's a special mini episode
0:26.0	looking into the Queen's historic meetings
0:28.0	with 13 U.S. Presidents who all served
0:31.0	during her time on the throne.
0:32.0	Hope you enjoy it. And I am glad that before sailing for England we had to have this chance of seeing at least something of the
0:55.0	concept of the country with which the whole British Commonwealth has so many friendly ties.
0:57.0	The concept so simply described by Abraham Lincoln
1:02.0	as government by the people of the people, for the people, is
1:07.4	fundamental to our two nations.
1:11.4	On Thursday, September 8th, Elizabeth died at the age of 96, after 70 years on the British throne.
1:18.0	A few moments ago, Buckingham Palace announced the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
1:25.2	Our current President Joe Biden, who just last summer had afternoon tea with the Queen,
1:30.5	said she was more than a monarch. She defined an era.
1:35.0	Elizabeth's reign saw her meet 13 of the last 14 U.S. Presidents,
1:40.0	from dinner with Kennedy to touring Buckingham Palace with Nixon, dancing with Ford,
1:45.9	to watching baseball with Bush Senior, dining with Obama, to banqueting with Trump.
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