Queen Elizabeth,
Bejeweled in diamonds and sapphires,
and Prince Phillip were greeted
by president and Barbara Bush at
the east wing of the White House.
The handpicked guest list for the state
dinner included The elite of Washington
and Desert Storm Heroes General Norman.
Reports off and chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell.
The president saluted the so-called
special relationship between the United
States and Great Britain and noted
the support of the British people
in the effort to liberate Kuwait.
I know I speak for the American people
when I expressed the belief that the
bonds which connect our nation and yours,
bonds of history, principle,
interest and affection,
will endure to the end of time.
Of our The friend,
President then proposed a true a toast
leachman of democracy.
to a friend.
Her Majesty the Of Queen. the real.
Between.
In her toast, Evening the Queen
leadership. thanked the president
for standing up for freedom.
The free world has to thank you, Mr.
President. For your clarity of
vision and firmness of purpose.
You have led not with bombast and rhetoric,
but with steadiness and quiet courage.
What thorough described as 3:00
o'clock in the morning carriage.
Earlier in the day, the Queen was
greeted at the White House with a Fife
and drum band and a 21 gun salute,
also by a podium that was
about a foot too high, Miss.
leading some irreverent British
reporters Thank to refer you
for to your her warm as welcome.
the talking hat. And.
Outwardly, the Queen seemed unperturbed
by the height We are disadvantage, both.
presenting the president with a
gift of four silver horseshoes and
later participating in a planting
ceremony for a tree replacing 1,
planted in 1937 in honor of
the coronation of her father,
King George the 6th.
Queen Elizabeth received a royal
ovation at this morning's command
performance at the Metropolitan Boys
and Girls Club in Northeast Washington.
The queen, accompanied by first
Lady Barbara Bush and Mayor Dixon,
seemed delighted with the
double Dutch demonstration.
After the jump, roping the queen
watched some of the club's youngest
members exhibit their karate skills.
And some of the older basketball players
practice layups and double eights.
When it was over,
All the the youngsters way in.
had an opportunity to meet and greet
the Queen, who some admitted had made
them pretty nervous. She just said,
I don't know how you all do that.
And she congratulated,
congratulated us a lot.
She's a nice lady.
What did she tell you? She said.
That was just too fast for me.
I just couldn't believe it.
It was real pressure for the come see us.
But she different than you thought she'd be.
No, I I thought she was gonna be like that.
I thought she might have
had crown on or something.
Those were about the only sour
notes the queen heard all day.
After a reception with
journalists this afternoon,
she and Prince Phillip attended a
luncheon at the Library of Congress
sponsored by the British Academy
of Film and Television Arts.
One of the guests was actress
Angela Lansbury, star of one of the
Queen's favorite television shows.
Murder, she wrote.
Oh, I think it's all the pomp and
circumstance and the very sort of
special qualities about royalty
that it's just they they have
their own sort of modus operandi,
and they're kind of fascinating and.
I, along with the rest of America,
are very interested.
Everywhere the Queen went today,
crowds of royal watchers and
tourists gathered to catch a glimpse.
Even if most of them were kept so far away,
they saw no more than a hat or a glove.
We've never seen any kind
of dignitaries like that.
Not too many come through Macon, GA,
and so it was really exciting for us.
It it just really was. It was.
It's very exciting.
Even even at, you know, 500 yards,
it's still very exciting because
for most of us,
unfortunately,
that's about as close as we're ever
going to get to someone of that stature.
Hmm. And gloves. Did you like her?
I didn't imagine too much, I.
Wanted to come.
My wife was probably a little.
A little bit more about things like
that and I do, but it was nice.
It was a lot of people there just to see.
It was very nice.
Her Majesty toward the garden and
and spoke with the most of the guests
and His Royal Highness did the same
thing in a different direction.
I think everybody enjoyed themselves.
She was very gracious and I must
say she must win all of her
endurance contest because she.
Has a lot of stamina.
Hot and sweaty and she looked
as cool as a cucumber.