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Related: About this forumPresident Kennedy State Dinner, Buckingham Palace, London Crowds! 1961
(3 mins.*audio dips in middle). The Kennedys dined at Buckingham Palace with the royals. President Kennedy and his wife Jackie dined with Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace on June 5, 1961, only a few months after the Irish American president was inaugurated.
At the time, the Kennedys were considered the equivalent of a royal family in the US, so the meeting between the two couples at their state dinner generated great fanfare and was marked by glamor.
Since ascending the throne nearly 70 years ago, Queen Elizabeth has met with all of the sitting US Presidents except for one; she never met Lyndon B. Johnson, who was sworn in the wake of President Kennedys assassination in 1963...
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/jfk-visit-queen-elizabeth-trump
More..'Half a million cheering crowds.'
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President Kennedy State Dinner, Buckingham Palace, London Crowds! 1961 (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Jun 2019
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Karadeniz
(22,500 posts)1. Thank you!❤
appalachiablue
(41,126 posts)4. Absolutely, and more good times ahead! Keep the faith.
malaise
(268,925 posts)2. Hope someone sends these to
the Con
Delish!!
blue neen
(12,319 posts)3. Oh my.
Those were the days!
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)5. Kicking this.......
George II
(67,782 posts)6. And for trump it was half a million jeering crowds.
tomhagen
(3,604 posts)7. What; no diaper babies or toilet tweeter balloons?