When Queen Elizabeth invited White House residence staff to dinner at Buckingham Palace
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Queen Elizabeth personified the "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom. Her last state dinner at the White House was on May 7, 2007.
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Queen Elizabeth personified the "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom. As a sign of solidarity with our country, the queen ordered "The Star Spangled Banner" played at Buckingham Palace two days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S. Days later, she broke with protocol and joined in singing the American national anthem at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, tears in her eyes.
The final White House state dinner for the queen and her husband, Prince Phillip, was held on May 7, 2007, hosted by President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush.