By Marisa Laudadio
9:30am PST, Feb 20, 2023
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During her 96 years as a British royal — more than 70 of those on the throne — the late Queen Elizabeth II, who died in Scotland on Sept. 8, 2022, met with 13 of the last 14 U.S. presidents. The exception was Lyndon B. Johnson, who infrequently traveled outside of America. (The queen should have met the former vice president at the funeral of John F. Kennedy, but she was unable to fly because she was pregnant with her youngest child, Prince Edward, at the time.) To honor her legacy as Britain's most wildly respected and longest reigning head of state — and to mark Presidents Day on Feb. 20, 2023 — join us as we take a look at the best photos of Elizabeth meeting with American presidents…
President Jimmy Carter — whose Carter Center on Feb. 18, 2023, revealed that at 98, the former politician has chosen to forgo further medical treatment and enter hospice care at his home in Georgia — posed with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London in May 1977.
Keep reading to see the monarch's historic meetings with every other POTUS from Trump to Truman…
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Against the backdrop of Windsor Castle, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II met with U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden on June 13, 2021, capping off the American leader's four-day visit to the United Kingdom for the G7 Summit. They're all seen here in the Grand Corridor at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, before having tea together. The monarch had been introduced to Biden before — in 1982 when he was a U.S. senator — but this trip marked their first meeting as monarch and POTUS. Of course, he's not the first American president she spent time with over the decades…
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Queen Elizabeth II chatted with President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden during a reception and dinner hosted by the Eden Project in Cornwall, England, on June 11, 2021, ahead of the G7 Summit. In the background are French president Emmanuel Macron, Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla — now King Charles III and Queen Camilla — and more world leaders and their spouses.
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President Donald Trump and Queen Elizabeth II shared a toast during a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on June 3, 2019, during his three-day state visit to Britain.
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President Donald Trump, Queen Elizabeth II, first lady Melania Trump, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall — now King Charles III and Queen Camilla — attended a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on June 3, 2019.
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Against the backdrop of London's Buckingham Palace, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II greeted U.S. President Donald Trump as first lady Melania Trump looked on, kicking off the American leader's official three-day state visit to London on June 3, 2019.
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Queen Elizabeth II walked with President Donald Trump as they inspected the Coldstream Guards at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England on July 13, 2018.
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Queen Elizabeth II met with U.S. President Donald Trump at Windsor Castle in England on July 13, 2018, during his first visit to Britain as president, though it was not an official state visit.
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Queen Elizabeth II, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump listened to the American national anthem being played by the Coldstream Guards band in Windsor, England, on July 13, 2018.
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Queen Elizabeth II and President Barack Obama arrived for a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on May 24, 2011.
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President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, talked with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at a reception at Buckingham Palace in London on April 1, 2009.
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President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II shared a toast during a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on May 24, 2011.
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Queen Elizabeth II posed with President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Prince Philip in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace in London ahead of a state banquet on May 24, 2011.
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President George W. Bush, first lady Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth II posed for a photo before a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 19, 2003.
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First lady Laura Bush, President George W. Bush, Queen Elizabeth II, former first lady Barbara Bush, former President George Bush and Prince Philip posed together at the British Embassy for a formal dinner during a British royal state visit to Washington D.C. on May 8, 2007.
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President Bill Clinton, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, first lady Hillary Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton stood for photographers outside Buckingham Palace in London on Dec. 14, 2000.
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President Bill Clinton and Queen Elizabeth II attended a banquet at Portsmouth Guildhall in England honoring the 50th anniversary of D-Day on May 4, 1994.
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Prince Philip, Hillary Clinton, Queen Elizabeth II and President Bill Clinton met at Buckingham Palace in London in 1995.
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Queen Elizabeth II posed with President George H. W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace before lunch on June 1, 1989.
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Prince Philip, first lady Barbara Bush, Queen Elizabeth II and President George H. W. Bush attended a state dinner in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 1991.
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Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II entertained President Ronald Reagan at Windsor Castle during his state visit to England in 1980.
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First lady Nancy Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II and President Ronald Reagan attended a banquet in San Francisco during the monarch's tour of America in 1983.
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President Ronald Reagan and Queen Elizabeth II went horseback riding in Windsor, England, during the president's visit to Britain in June 1982.
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Former President Ronald Reagan received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 1989.
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President Gerald Ford and Queen Elizabeth II danced during a state dinner in honor of the queen and Prince Philip at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 17, 1976.
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Movie star Elizabeth Taylor and future husband Jack Warner met Queen Elizabeth II and President Gerald Ford at a British Embassy reception in Washington, D.C., during the queen's state visit to America in 1976.
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President Gerald Ford stood with Queen Elizabeth II and first lady Betty Ford joined Prince Philip as they went to dinner aboard the Yacht Britannia docked at the U.S. Navy base in Newport, Rhode Island, on July 10, 1976.
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Queen Elizabeth II walked with President Richard Nixon, followed by Prince Charles (now Kings Charles III) and Prince Philip, at Buckingham Palace in London on Feb. 25, 1969.
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Queen Elizabeth II, President Richard Nixon and British Prime Minister Edward Heath met at Chequers, the prime minister's country house, in Buckinghamshire, England, in 1970.
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Queen Elizabeth II hosted a dinner for President John F. Kennedy at Buckingham Palace in London in June 1961.
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President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jackie Kennedy posed with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at a state dinner given at Buckingham Palace in London in June 1961.
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Queen Elizabeth II stood on the grounds of Balmoral Castle in Scotland with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Prince Philip, Princess Anne and Prince Charles (now King Charles III) in 1959.
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Queen Elizabeth, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, first lady Mamie Eisenhower and Prince Philip attended at a White House state banquet dinner on Oct. 20, 1957.
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Queen Elizabeth II walked with President Dwight D. Eisenhower at Balmoral in Scotland in 1953.
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Princess Elizabeth of Britain and President Harry Truman posed for a photo at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., before a formal dinner on Nov. 1, 1951, during the future monarch's official royal visit to America following a tour of Canada. Less than four months later, she was crowned Queen Elizabeth II following the death of her father, King George VI.
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Princess Elizabeth of Britain and President Harry Truman smiled from an open auto at the National Airport in Washington, D.C., before driving to Blair House, the temporary presidential residence at the time, on Oct. 31, 1951.
