Grandma’s Stories

Queen Elizabeth greets President and First Lady Trump at Buckingham Palace to officially kick off the state visit.

See all the photos from the three-day trip here.

Here is Trump meeting the Queen for the first time at Windsor Castle. The pair watched a military parade and had tea together during his 2018 trip. See more photos from their visit here.

The Queen and President Obama pose for a photo in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace before a state banquet.

Barack and Michelle Obama met with Queen several times over the course of his presidency. Here they are during an audience at Buckingham Palace in 2009.

The Queen and Prince Philip chat with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush on the North Portico of the White House before a state dinner.

Here is President Bush shaking hands with Prince Philip during a visit to the UK in 2003.

No one quite seemed to look at the camera when the Clintons met with the Queen in 2000.

Bill and Hillary on another visit to Buckingham Palace.

The Queen attends an American baseball game with President and First Lady Bush.

The Queen and Prince Philip with the Bushes before a formal dinner.

President Reagan had quite the laugh when the Queen made a joke about the weather in California during a State Dinner in San Francisco.

This series of photos of Reagan and the Queen on horseback would go on to become iconic and emblematic of the special relationship between the United States and the UK.

The Queen, Prince Philip, and Jimmy Carter at a dinner at Buckingham Palace.

A lovely photo of the Queen dancing with President Gerald Ford at the ball at the White House during the 1976 bicentennial celebrations.

Here they are at another dinner during that same 1976 visit.

The Queen and Nixon walking through the corridors of Buckingham Palace. In the background you can see a young Prince Charles.

Jackie and John F. Kennedy visited Buckingham Palace in 1961 and attended a banquet held in the president’s honor

The evening was recently fodder for Netflix’s The Crown, a series about Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Read how it really went down, right here.

Queen Elizabeth with President Eisenhower in October 1957.

Then-Princess Elizabeth with President Harry Truman.

Here they are exchanging gifts in the rose garden of the White House on that same visit.