1959: Queen Elizabeth II and President Eisenhower at Balmoral

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1959: Queen Elizabeth II and President Eisenhower at Balmoral
As Joe Biden, the 46th US president, arrives in London to attend the state funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ITN Archive presents this footage of the late Queen, her husband, Prince Philip, and her children, Princess Anne and Prince Charles, with 34th US president, Dwight D Eisenhower, at Balmoral in August 1959.

Eisenhower was the second president of Queen Elizabeth II's reign; the first was Harry S Truman, though he did not meet the Queen until after he had left office. Queen Elizabeth saw 14 presidents during her 70 years as Monarch.

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