United States presidential visits to United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

is the most common international destination for a sitting United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

president

President of the United States

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. This is partly because of the importance of London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

as a global city

Global city

A global city is a city that is deemed to be an important node in the global economic system...

, the convenience of meeting in Bermuda

Bermuda

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...

, a British territory

British overseas territories

The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories of the United Kingdom which, although they do not form part of the United Kingdom itself, fall under its jurisdiction. They are remnants of the British Empire that have not acquired independence or have voted to remain British territories...

in the Western Hemisphere, the importance of the UK as a strategic ally of the US and the relative ease of being able to communicate in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, thereby avoiding language problems.

Table of Trips
Dates	President	Location	Reason
November 18–December 13, 1912	Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...	Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...	Vacation. [Visit made as President-elect.]
December 26–28, 1918	Woodrow Wilson	London, Carlisle, Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...	Met with Lloyd George David Lloyd George David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman... (Prime Minister) and King George V.
November 30, 1920	Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator...	Kingston, Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...	Stopped while returning to the U.S. [Visit made as President-elect.]
February 6–14, 1933	Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...	The Bahamas The Bahamas The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...	Fishing trip. [Visit made as President-elect.]
March 29–April 11, 1934	Franklin D. Roosevelt	The Bahamas	Fishing trip.
March 27–April 6, 1935	Franklin D. Roosevelt	The Bahamas	Fishing trip.
March 24–April 7, 1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	The Bahamas	Fishing trip.
November 21, 1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Trinidad Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...	Stopped on the way to South America.
December 11, 1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Trinidad	Stopped while returning to the U.S.
August 17–20, 1939	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Bay of Islands Bay of Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador The Bay of Islands is an extensive inlet located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland, in Canada. The Way Office was established on July 1, 1883. The first Waymaster was Thomas Carter.It is also a sub-basin of the Gulf of St... and Bonne Bay Bonne Bay Bonne Bay is a bay in Newfoundland, Canada. It is located on the western side of Newfoundland and separates Great Northern Peninsula from the rest of the island. It is a part of Gros Morne National Park. Bonne Bay has a population of about 7000 people.... (Newfoundland)	Fishing trip.
December 5, 1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Jamaica	Inspected British base sites for possible American use.
December 8, 1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...	Inspected British base sites for possible American use.
December 9, 1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Antigua Antigua Antigua , also known as Waladli, is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua means "ancient" in Spanish and was named by Christopher Columbus after an icon in Seville Cathedral, Santa Maria de la...	Inspected British base sites for possible American use.
December 12–13, 1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	The Bahamas	Inspected British base sites for possible American use. Met the Duke of Windsor Duke of Windsor The title Duke of Windsor was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1937 for Prince Edward, the former King Edward VIII, following his abdication in December 1936. The dukedom takes its name from the town where Windsor Castle, a residence of English monarchs since the Norman Conquest, is... at Eleuthera Eleuthera Eleuthera is an island in The Bahamas, lying 50 miles east of Nassau. It is very long and thin—110 miles long and in places little more than a mile wide. According to the 2000 Census, the population of Eleuthera is approximately 8,000... , Bahamas, December 13.
August 9–12, 1941	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Argentia (Newfoundland)	Attended conference with Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice... (Prime Minister). Announced the Atlantic Charter Atlantic Charter The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement first issued in August 1941 that early in World War II defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies... .
January 11, 1943	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Trinidad	Overnight stop en route to Casablanca Casablanca Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture... .
January 13, 1943	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Bathurst Banjul -Transport:Ferries sail from Banjul to Barra. The city is served by the Banjul International Airport. Banjul is on the Trans–West African Coastal Highway connecting it to Dakar and Bissau, and will eventually provide a paved highway link to 11 other nations of ECOWAS.Banjul International Airport... (The Gambia)	Overnight stop en route to Casablanca.
January 25, 1943	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Bathuret (The Gambia)	Overnight stop en route from Casablanca.
January 29, 1943	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Trinidad	Overnight stop en route from Casablanca.
December 8, 1943	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Malta Malta Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...	Visited Allied military installations.
February 2, 1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Malta	Attended Malta Conference Malta Conference (1945) The Malta Conference was held from January 30 to February 3, 1945 between President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom on the island of Malta... with Winston Churchill (Prime Minister).
August 2, 1945	Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...	Plymouth	Informal meeting with King George VI.
December 4–8, 1953	Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...	Bermuda	Attended Bermuda Conference Bermuda Conference The Bermuda Conference was an international conference between the United Kingdom and the United States held on April 19, 1943 at Hamilton, Bermuda, Bermuda Triangle. Discussions included the question of Jewish refugees who had been liberated by Allied forces and those who still remained... with Winston Churchill (Prime Minister) and French President Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel Joseph Laniel was a French conservative politician of the Fourth Republic, who served as Prime Minister for a year from 1953 to 1954. During the middle of his tenure as Prime Minister Laniel was an unsuccessful candidate for the French Presidency, a post won by René Coty... .
March 20–24, 1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Bermuda	Met with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan Harold Macmillan Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963.... .
August 27–September 2, 1959	Dwight D. Eisenhower	London, Balmoral Balmoral Castle Balmoral Castle is a large estate house in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located near the village of Crathie, west of Ballater and east of Braemar. Balmoral has been one of the residences of the British Royal Family since 1852, when it was purchased by Queen Victoria and her... , Chequers Chequers Chequers, or Chequers Court, is a country house near Ellesborough, to the south of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills...	Informal visit; met Macmillan (Prime Minister) and Queen Elizabeth II.
September 4–7, 1959	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Culzean Castle Culzean Castle Culzean Castle is a castle near Maybole, Carrick, on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland. It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland...	Rested before returning to the United States.
June 4–5, 1961	John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....	London	Private visit; met with Queen Elizabeth II and Harold Macmillan (Prime Minister).
December 21–22, 1961	John F. Kennedy	Bermuda	Met with Harold Macmillan (Prime Minister).
December 18–21, 1962	John F. Kennedy	Nassau Nassau, Bahamas Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas... (The Bahamas)	Conferred with Harold Macmillan (Prime Minister); concluded Nassau agreement on nuclear defence systems.
June 29–30, 1963	John F. Kennedy	Birch Grove, Sussex	Informal visit with Harold Macmillan (Prime Minister) at his home.
February 24–26, 1969	Richard M. Nixon	London	Informal visit; held conversations with Harold Wilson (Prime Minister). Received by Queen Elizabeth II.
August 3, 1969	Richard M. Nixon	RAF Mildenhall RAF Mildenhall RAF Mildenhall is a Royal Air Force station located at Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Despite its status as an RAF station, it primarily supports United States Air Force operations and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing...	Informal meeting with Harold Wilson (Prime Minister).
October 3, 1970	Richard M. Nixon	Chequers	Met informally with Queen Elizabeth II and Edward Heath Edward Heath Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party .... (Prime Minister).
December 20–21, 1971	Richard M. Nixon	Bermuda	Met with British Edward Heath (Prime Minister).
May 5–11, 1977	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...	London, Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...	Attended Economic Summit Meeting May 7-8 of the Heads of State and Government of Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Also met with the Prime Ministers of Greece, Belgium, Turkey, Norway, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, and with the President of Portugal. Addressed the NATO Ministers meeting, May 10.
June 7–9, 1982	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....	London, Windsor Castle Windsor Castle Windsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it...	State visit; met with Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990... (Prime Minister). Addressed Parliament.
June 4–10, 1984	Ronald Reagan	London	Met with Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister). Attended Economic Summit Meeting June 7-9 of the Heads of State and Government of Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
June 2–3, 1988	Ronald Reagan	London	Met with Queen Elizabeth II, Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister), and Noboru Takeshita Noboru Takeshita was a Japanese politician and the 74th Prime Minister of Japan from November 6, 1987 to June 3, 1989.Takeshita was also the last Prime Minister during the long rule of the Emperor Shōwa.-Early years:... , Prime Minister of Japan.
May 31–June 2, 1989	George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...	London	Met with Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister).
April 13–14, 1990	George H. W. Bush	Bermuda	Informal meeting with Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister).
July 5–6, 1990	George H. W. Bush	London	Attended NATO Summit meeting.
March 14–16, 1991	George H. W. Bush	Bermuda	Discussed the Middle East peace process with John Major (Prime Minister).
July 14–18, 1991	George H. W. Bush	London	Attended Economic Summit Meeting with the Heads of State and Government of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Also met with Soviet.
June 4–5, 1994	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...	Cambridge Cambridge The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the... , London, Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...	Visited U.S. Military Cemetery. Met with John Major John Major Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997... (Prime Minister). Attended state dinner with Queen Elizabeth II and heads of state and government of Canada, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, and Belgium. Attended D-Day commemorative ceremonies.
June 8, 1994	Bill Clinton	Oxford	Received honorary degree from Oxford University.
November 28–December 1, 1995	Bill Clinton	London, Belfast, Derry	Met with Queen Elizabeth II and John Major (Prime Minister); addressed Parliament; and delivered several public addresses in Northern Ireland.
May 28–29, 1997	Bill Clinton	London	Met with Tony Blair Tony Blair Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007... (Prime Minister) and attended a Cabinet Cabinet of the United Kingdom The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the collective decision-making body of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, composed of the Prime Minister and some 22 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers.... meeting.
May 14–18, 1998	Bill Clinton	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... , Weston-under-Lizard Weston-under-Lizard Weston under Lizard is a village in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It constitutes a civil parish with Blymhill, called Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard.... , London	Attended G8 Economic Summit and U.S.-EU Summit.
September 3, 1998	Bill Clinton	Belfast, Armagh Armagh Armagh is a large settlement in Northern Ireland, and the county town of County Armagh. It is a site of historical importance for both Celtic paganism and Christianity and is the seat, for both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland, of the Archbishop of Armagh... , Omagh Omagh Omagh is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. The town, which is the largest in the county, had a population of 19,910 at the 2001 Census. Omagh also contains the headquarters of Omagh District Council and...	Met with Tony Blair (Prime Minister) and Northern Irish political leaders; addressed the Northern Ireland Assembly Northern Ireland Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive... .
December 12–14, 2000	Bill Clinton	Belfast, London, Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...	Met with Tony Blair (Prime Minister) and Northern Irish political leaders in Belfast; met with Queen Elizabeth II; made a speech at the University of Warwick.
July 18–20, 2001	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....	London, Chequers, Halton, Brize Norton Brize Norton Brize Norton is a village and civil parish east of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The original part of RAF Brize Norton is in the parish.-Toponym:...	Met with Tony Blair (Prime Minister) and Queen Elizabeth II.
April 7–8, 2003	George W. Bush	Belfast Belfast Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly... , Hillsborough Hillsborough, County Down Hillsborough is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, situated from the city of Belfast. It is within the Lisburn City Council area.... (Northern Ireland)	Met with Tony Blair (Prime Minister) to discuss the reconstruction of Iraq. Also met with the Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and Northern Irish political leaders.
November 18–21, 2003	George W. Bush	London, Sedgefield Sedgefield Sedgefield is a small town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It has a population of 4,534.Sedgefield has attracted particular attention as the Member of Parliament for the wider Sedgefield constituency was the former Prime Minister Tony Blair; he was the area's MP from 1983 to 2008,...	First full state visit of a U.S. president to the United Kingdom. Met with Queen Elizabeth and stayed at Buckingham Palace, where a formal state reception was held. In lieu of formal address to parliament, gave an address at Whitehall Palace. Later accompanied Prime Minister Blair on a tour of the latter's constituency in Sedgefield Sedgefield Sedgefield is a small town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It has a population of 4,534.Sedgefield has attracted particular attention as the Member of Parliament for the wider Sedgefield constituency was the former Prime Minister Tony Blair; he was the area's MP from 1983 to 2008,... .
Jul 6–8, 2005	George W. Bush	Gleneagles Gleneagles, Scotland Gleneagles is a glen which connects with Glen Devon to form a pass through the Ochil Hills of Perth and Kinross in Scotland... (Scotland)	31st G8 Summit
June 15–16,2008	George W. Bush	London, Belfast	Met with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Met with Gordon Brown Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007... (Prime Minister) and Tony Blair (Quartet Quartet on the Middle East The Quartet on the Middle East, sometimes called the Diplomatic Quartet or Madrid Quartet or simply the Quartet, is a foursome of nations and international and supranational entities involved in mediating the peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Quartet are the United Nations, the... Representative). In Belfast, met with the Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson Peter Robinson (politician) Peter David Robinson is the current First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party... and the Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness Martin McGuinness James Martin Pacelli McGuinness is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and the current deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. McGuinness was also the Sinn Féin candidate for the Irish presidential election, 2011. He was born in Derry, Northern Ireland.... .
April 1–2, 2009	Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...	London	G20 Economic Summit 2009 G-20 London summit The 2009 G-20 London Summit is the second meeting of the G-20 heads of state in discussion of financial markets and the world economy, which was held in London on 2 April 2009 at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. It followed the first G-20 Leaders Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, which... .
May 24-26, 2011	Barack Obama	London	State visit to the United Kingdom. Met with Queen Elizabeth II and stayed at Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace, in London, is the principal residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality... where a ceremonial welcome and state dinner was given. Laid a wreath at the Tomb of The Unknown Warrior The Unknown Warrior The British tomb of The Unknown Warrior holds an unidentified British soldier killed on a European battlefield during the First World War. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, London on 11 November 1920, simultaneously with a similar interrment of a French unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in... in Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,... . Addressed a joint session of the British Parliament in Westminster Hall. Met with British Prime Minister David Cameron David Cameron David William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament .... at 10 Downing Street 10 Downing Street 10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is now always the Prime Minister.... for meetings.

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