welcome back to hardball. america s love affair with the royal family has come to characterize the entire special relationship between the two countries. the u.s. and britain. but that relationship wasn t always so special. in fact, a diplomatic turning point for the better occurred just before world war ii at a picnic of all places during the first royal visit ever which came to our country in 1939. president franklin roosevelt mischievously decided to serve the monarchs hot dogs and beer. the informality was unfamiliar to the royal couple. they were good sports and rose to the occasion. the hot dog summit as it was known went down in history as a diplomatic triumph for fdr. it endeared the americfamily to american public. autumn brewington covering the royal family for the washington post and murphy with itn over in new york. emma, i love the name murphy, so i m going to start you. the special relationship has fraught to the fore many movies, my favorite, love actually. it star
we re joined by the woe washing post s autumn brewington. thank you for joining us again. the choreography of this thing, the brits do this so well. even the new kids. they do. every time you see will, you see diana. yes. and he looks so much like her, but this was, you know, he practiced putting that car seat in. he practiced is he could do if in front of the press. it s not a natural thing. no, my son has a kid now, my daughter-in-law has a young baby. very politically correct to use the car seat. no royal prerogatives there. no driving off just holding simon marks, thanks for joining us again. the whole thing about the way they do this in britain, is there a protocol person who says they ll go outside, stand in front of the crowd, we ll have the crowd waiting for you, wave to them naturally then drive off like after their wedding. they drove off in a car after that. well, i think, chris, there is a protocol, but frankly they re rewriting it. i mean, the real takeawa
her by the government. i see. thank you, michelle cozin circumstance thank you andrew roberts and autumn brewington. up next, the royal family is as popular as ever and the birth of the baby is a real boone to the country. everybody wants to go to buckingham palace. we ll be right back. you re watching hardball, believe it or not, the place for politics. i ve been taking a multivitamin for years. centrum silver. both of us actually. our pharmacist recommended it. and that makes me feel pretty good about it. and then i heard about a study looking at multivitamins
to join with the people of the united kingdom as they celebrate the birth of the young prince. michelle kosinski joins us from st. mary s hospital. bureau chief there. joining me also is andrew roberts, a british historian and autumn brewington who covers the royal family for the washington post. michelle, i m wondering about how we re leading the story. is nbc nightly going to lead with the story tonight? i don t actually know. we ve been tied up with what we re doing here. i m curious to know too whether this is the top story of the night. i mean, it s been breaking news all over twitter. we ve seen so many headlines on it already. isurprised, but i don t know a lot of what else has been going on in the world today. there might be something that trumps it, but i m not sure, chris. i don t think so. looking at it from our news bureau over here, you ve got the big story of the night. let me go to autumn. what are going to be the side
welcome back to hardball. america s love affair with the royal family has come to betwee countries. the u.s. and britain. but that relationship wasn t always so special. in fact, a diplomatic turning point for the better occurred just before world war ii at a picnic of all places during the first royal visit ever which came to our country in 1939. president franklin roosevelt mischoufsly decided to serve the monarchs hot dogs and beers. the informality was unfamiliar to the royal couple. they were good sports and rose to the occasion. the hot dog summit as it was known went down in history as a diplomatic triumph for fdr. autumn brewington covering the royal family for the washington post and murphy with itn over in new york. emma, i love the name murphy, so