commonwealth. then, the world. she saw iran under the shot before the iranian revolution. she met with leaders of india from gandhi to with the lone exception of lyndon johnson, every american president from truman to biden met queen elizabeth. and her meetings and journeys were more than just sightseeing or photo ops. queen elizabeth spent most of her life as the monarch of an empire in decline. a wants to nominate colonial power that was just beginning to walk in with its brutal centuries long history of subjugation, as new global powers were starting to shape the world order. during her 70-year reign, queen elizabeth would oversee almost all of the unwinding of british colonialism that took place in the 20th and 21st century is. from the followed over the partition of india, which happened just years before she ascended the throne. to barbados declaring itself a republic and taking the queen off of its money, which took place just last year. she watched as the world s changed, and
the president that include 1961 when president kennedy and the first lady traveled to britain to meet the queen at the time, and then again in 1982 when president reagan and the queen rode horses together. that sort of very powerful image that, again, jasmin, underscored the special relationship between the two countries. underscores a special relationship between the two countries and the history that she has here and hence the reason why seems not only does she have the respect of the people in the uk and around the world as well but here in the united states as well. jon meacham bring you into the conversation talking about the special relationships between the queen and the u.s. presidents, met 13 of 15. last meeting back in 2010 when she was 84 years of age. of note the white house noting to us that the queen and prince philip only visited the u.s.
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traveled there to meet the queen calling her extremely gracious reminding him of his mother. joining me now kristen welker and jon meacham as well, presidential historian. news the white house was in fact monitoring the situation, of course, in the uk. with what s happening there. talk to us about what you re hearing. reporter: well, jasmin, no official statement from the white house but they are aware of the situation. this comes at president biden is holding a call with u.s. allies to discuss ukraine, but i talked to one official who said, look, not a surprise if the queen s health was reached during this call as well and participating in off-the-record conversations with nfs, a strategic coordinator john kirby. we would anticipate we may get our first reaction from the white house during that conversation. so, of course, that is a moment when he will be pressed on the
extent to which president biden has been briefed, but to your point, and to underscore reporting you ve had, jasmin, obviously the u.s. has a very special relationship with britain. president biden met the queen for the second time. first time as president last year. he was in the uk for the g7 summit. as you said, they had that conversation that he described as a long talk. let me read you the full quote what he had to say because i think it bears repeating saying, very generous. i don t think she s been insulted but reminds me of my mother. in terms of the look of her and the generosity. she was very gracious. his takeaway from having met the queen last year. he met her for the first time in 1982 when he was a senator from delaware. he was there at the uk on a dillmatic trip and did become the 13th president to meet the queen, the first. you mentioned president truman. there were memorable moments from the queen s meetings with