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# Barack Obama pays tribute to 'bond with Britain that endures'
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## President Barack Obama last night paid tribute to the "enduring bond
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between our two countries" in a speech at Buckingham Palace.
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By [Gordon Rayner][4], Chief Reporter 10:18PM BST 24 May 2011
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Concluding a highly successful first day of his State visit, Mr Obama said he
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wanted to "reinforce the special relationship".
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The Queen told 170 guests at the State banquet that the world was a more
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secure place when "the United States and the United Kingdom stand together".
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Earlier the president and his wife, Michelle, met the Duke and Duchess of
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Cambridge - fresh from their honeymoon in the Seychelles - and quickly
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established a rapport.
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Looking tanned and relaxed, the Duke and Duchess, carrying out their first
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official duty as a married couple, spent around 20 minutes chatting to the
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Obamas at the Palace.
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Mr Obama was given full State honours, including a 41-gun salute from Green
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Park, after being welcomed by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. He was only
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the third US president to be afforded the honour.
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## Related Articles
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* [G8 summit 2011 in Deauville: day two as it happened][5]
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27 May 2011
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* [Obamas visit Britain: day one][6]
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24 May 2011
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* [Royal Family invites Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to banquet][7]
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24 May 2011
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* [Prince plays football after honeymoon][8]
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24 May 2011
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* [Obama lays memorial wreath][9]
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24 May 2011
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* [Queen greets Obama with 41-gun salute][10]
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24 May 2011
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Then, as the Queen showed the Obamas an exhibition of US memorabilia from the
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Royal Collection, the president repeatedly cracked jokes as he and the Queen
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chatted like old friends.
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At one point, as he was shown letters relating to Britain's loss of the
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American colonies, Mr Obama reassured the monarch: "That was only a temporary
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blip in the relationship."
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The Obamas had previously met the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during the
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G20 summit in 2009, when Mrs Obama famously broke royal protocol by putting
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her arm around Her Majesty.
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Although Mrs Obama was more formal in her approach this time, the two first
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families were clearly enjoying each other's company throughout the day.
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At one point during the tour of the Royal Collection, Mr Obama was shown a
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photograph of HMS Resolute, timbers from which were used to make the desk in
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the Oval Office.
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"This is my desk in the Oval Office. I think we got a pretty good deal out of
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that," he said. Mr and Mrs Obama were also shown letters and pictures from the
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first royal visit to the US in 1860 by the Prince of Wales, who later became
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Edward VII.
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He had tried to travel incognito under the name Lord Renfrew -
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"theoretically", the Queen said with a knowing smile. Mr Obama responded: "I
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guess he wasn't fooling anybody."
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Later, the Obamas laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in
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Westminster Abbey, where he shook hands with each of the 24 members of the
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choir. Praising their efforts, he said: "I like to think I could sing," to
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which his wife retorted: "Well, he can't really, but he can dance." Mrs Obama
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was also heard to say: "It's great to be back."
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Travelling in a motorcade of 18 cars and coaches which appeared to take over
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the capital at times, the couple also visited Downing Street for a meeting
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with the Prime Minister and his wife. The president and David Cameron visited
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the Globe Academy school in Southwark, where the two leaders took off their
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jackets and challenged two boys to a game of table tennis.
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"Who wants to take me on?" Mr Obama said as he walked into the gym.
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Today Mr Obama will follow in the footsteps of Charles de Gaulle, Nelson
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Mandela and the Pope by addressing both Houses of Parliament in Westminster
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Hall.
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## [Barack Obama][16]
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* ### [News »][17]
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* ### [North America »][18]
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* ### [UK News »][19]
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* ### [Gordon Rayner »][20]
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In news
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[![US President Barack Obama's state visit to Britain: day two in
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pictures][21] ][22]
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### [Obamas visit Britain: day two][22]
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[![US President Barack Obama's state visit to Britain: security and
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protests][23] ][24]
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### [Obama: security and protests][24]
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[![Queen Elizabeth II and US President Barack Obama during a State Banquet in
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Buckingham Palace,][25] ][6]
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### [Obama honours 'special relationship' in toast to the Queen][27]
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[![Barack Obama UK visit: trip well received in US media: US President Barack
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Obama high-fives with British Prime Minister David Cameron as they play table
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tennis ][28] ][29]
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