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The 'special relationship' between the US and the UK - in pictures

UK and US: 1943:President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill
1943: Winston Churchill and President Franklin D Roosevelt arrive at the White House
Photograph: Corbis
UK and US: 1952: President Harry Truman with Prime Minister Winston Churchill
1952: President Harry Truman walks arm in arm with Churchill
Photograph: George Skadding/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
UK and US: 1954: President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister Anthony Eden
1954: President Dwight D Eisenhower and the British prime minister, Anthony Eden
Photograph: George Skadding/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
UK and US: 1959: President Dwight D. Eisenhower with Harold MacMillan
1959: Eisenhower with Harold Macmillan at No 10
Photograph: Brian Seed/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
UK and US: President Kennedy and Harold Macmillan Checking Watches
1961: President John F Kennedy and Macmillan synchronise their watches
Photograph: Corbis
UK and US: President Lyndon B. Johnson with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
1966: President Lyndon B Johnson discusses Nato issues with Harold Wilson
Photograph: Yoichi R. Okamoto/Corbis
UK and US: 1970: Prime Minister Edward Heath chatting with President Richard Nixon
1970: Edward Heath with President Richard Nixon
Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty Images
UK and US: 1977: President Jimmy Carter is greeted by Prime Minister James Callaghan
1977: President Jimmy Carter is greeted by James Callaghan
Photograph: AP
UK and US: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dances with President Ronald Reagan
1988: Margaret Thatcher dances with Ronald Reagan
Photograph: M. Sprague/AFP
UK and US: 1989: President George Bush and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
1989: President George Bush Sr and Margaret Thatcher
Photograph: Tom Stoddart Archive/Getty Images
UK and US: 1990: President George Bush and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
1990: Bush and Thatcher take a stroll
Photograph: Dirck Halstead/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
UK and US: 1995: President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister John Major
1995: President Bill Clinton and Thatcher's successor, John Major
Photograph: Sergei Guneyev/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
UK and US: 1998: President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair
1998: Clinton and a fresh-faced Tony Blair
Photograph: Ruth Fremson/AP
UK and US: 2001: President Bush walks with Prime Minister Tony Blair Camp David
2001: Bush and Blair walk tall as the prime minister visits the US
Photograph: Doug Mills/AP
UK and US: Gordon Brown, George Bush, Sarah Brown and Laura Bush
2008: Gordon Brown kisses Laura Bush as Sarah Brown and Bush look on
Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Archive
UK and US: 2009: President Barack Obama talks alone with Prime Minister Gordon Brown
2009: President Barack Obama talks to the soon-to-be-voted-out Brown
Photograph: Pete Souza/The White House
UKUS special relationship: 2010: President Barack Obama and David Cameron walk across the South Lawn
2010: Obama and David Cameron walk across the South Lawn of the White House Photograph: Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images
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