Queen Elizabeth II visit to White House

Queen Elizabeth II visit to White House; Queen Elizabeth II speech SOT - Mr President thank you for your warm words / This is my fifth visit to the United States / I believe it's important to remind ourselves of the purpose of these occasions which gives meaning to the ceremonial symbollism and the circumstance / A state visit provides us with a brief opportunity to step back from our preoccupations to reflect on the very essence of our relationship / It gives us the chance to look back at how the stories of our two countries have been inextricably woven together / It is the moment to take stock of our present friendship / rightly taking pleasure from its strengths while never taking these for granted / And it is the time to look forward / jointly renewing our commitment to a prosperous, safer and freer world / Last week I had the pleasure of sharing with you an extraordinary anniversary in our common history / It was a priveledge to join the commemoration of the Jamestown landing by that small group of British citizens all those years ago / My two days in Virginia gave me a new insight into those events which helped to shape this country's development and to lay the foundations of this great nation based on shared principles of equality, democracy and the rule of law / Now in Washington we have a further opportunity to acknowledge the present strengths of our relationship / I shall enjoy not only renewing old acquaintances and making new ones but also recognising the breadth and depth of the friendship we have shared for so long / We can celebrate the close enduring associations which thrive between the United States and the United Kingdom at every level / be it government or corporate, insitutional or personal / This visit also gives us a window on the future / Both the future of the United States and the future of the co-operation between our countries / I particularly look forward in the next two days to seeing at first hand something of how the cutting edg...
Queen Elizabeth II visit to White House; Queen Elizabeth II speech SOT - Mr President thank you for your warm words / This is my fifth visit to the United States / I believe it's important to remind ourselves of the purpose of these occasions which gives meaning to the ceremonial symbollism and the circumstance / A state visit provides us with a brief opportunity to step back from our preoccupations to reflect on the very essence of our relationship / It gives us the chance to look back at how the stories of our two countries have been inextricably woven together / It is the moment to take stock of our present friendship / rightly taking pleasure from its strengths while never taking these for granted / And it is the time to look forward / jointly renewing our commitment to a prosperous, safer and freer world / Last week I had the pleasure of sharing with you an extraordinary anniversary in our common history / It was a priveledge to join the commemoration of the Jamestown landing by that small group of British citizens all those years ago / My two days in Virginia gave me a new insight into those events which helped to shape this country's development and to lay the foundations of this great nation based on shared principles of equality, democracy and the rule of law / Now in Washington we have a further opportunity to acknowledge the present strengths of our relationship / I shall enjoy not only renewing old acquaintances and making new ones but also recognising the breadth and depth of the friendship we have shared for so long / We can celebrate the close enduring associations which thrive between the United States and the United Kingdom at every level / be it government or corporate, insitutional or personal / This visit also gives us a window on the future / Both the future of the United States and the future of the co-operation between our countries / I particularly look forward in the next two days to seeing at first hand something of how the cutting edg...
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