President Kennedy State Dinner, Buckingham Palace, London Crowds! 1961

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(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 Kennedy’s assassination in 1963...
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/jfk-visit-queen-elizabeth-trump

More..'Half a million cheering crowds.'

[Karadeniz]

1. Thank you!❤

[appalachiablue]

4. Absolutely, and more good times ahead! Keep the faith.

[malaise]

2. Hope someone sends these to

the Con

Delish!!

[blue neen]

3. Oh my.

Those were the days!

[a kennedy]

5. Kicking this.......

[George II]

6. And for trump it was half a million jeering crowds.

[tomhagen]

7. What; no diaper babies or toilet tweeter balloons?