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Hello and welcome through Palace Intrigue. I am your host,
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Mark Francis. King Charles has delivered a couple of speeches
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in his trip to the United States. Yesterday we brought
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you the address to Congress in its entirety, and you
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can go back to yesterday's feed to hear that speech.
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And today we'll bring you the State Dinner speech at
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the White House in its entirety.
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As a president, First Lady, my wife and I are
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most grateful to you for your generous hospitality as the
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United States celebrates this very special anniversary year of the
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Declaration of Independence. And may I also just start by
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paying tribute to your own courage and steadfastest, as well
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as to your security services for their swift actions on
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Saturday evening in preventing further injury. My thoughts, my thoughts,
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and sympathies are very much with you, the First Lady,
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and all those guests for whom this must have been
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a very upsetting incident. As the words of that famous
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anthem remind us, this is the land of the Free
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and home of the brave. As your own response demonstrates
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what used to be called in the last war in
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the United Kingdom. Keep calm and carry on, and now
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realize there's a little to my amazement that my first
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visit to this remarkable country was over fifty years ago.
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And mister p the golden.
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Threads of history and heritage between our lands are also embodied,
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as you mentioned earlier today, in your own family and
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your own family story, whose roots traced back to the
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beautiful landscapes of Britain's outer hebrides, and continue as we know,
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in the great golf courses of the Highlands. I can
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only imagine the immense pride with which your own dear mother,
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indeed both your parents must be looking down on the
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great office to which you have been elected for a
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historic second term. And if I may say so, it
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is a particular pleasure to be back in this wonderful building,
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the heart of your democracy, on this occasion. I cannot
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help noticing the readjustments to the east wings the President
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following your visit to win a castle last year. And
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I'm sorry to say that we British, of course made
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our own small attempt at real estate redevelopment of the
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White House in eighteen fourteen.
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Anyway, I am so glad we have.
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An opportune, important opportunity at this critical time to renew
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those bonds of history and friendship between our nations and
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our peoples. Two and a half centuries ago, the United
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States of America was founded through an audacious and visionary
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act of self determination. From the beginning, the American character
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has been defined by courage, tenacity, and the spirit of adventure.
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As the direct descendant.
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Of King Georgia. Third, I know this is a nation
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that never gives up, and my family's history remained is
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reflected in your maps, which read rather like our Christmas
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card list, across the ages North and South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland,
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and the cities of Charleston, a particular favorite of mine
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obviously Georgetown, and for that matter, Georgia, Annapolis, as you mentioned,
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and further favorites Prince William County and Williamsburg. This said,
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our French friends can feel equally at home with a
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glance at a map. Indeed, you recently commented, mister President,
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that if it were not for the United States, European
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countries would be speaking German.
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Dare I say that if it wasn't for us, you'd
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be speaking French.
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Of course, we both love our French cousins greatly, and
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we three estates are not any bound by our shared values,
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but by a profound belief that together we are more
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than the son of our parts. Out of the fires
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of a bitter and bloody revolutionary war, the triumph of
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the father of this country, George Washington, and his fellow founders,
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was to forge a democracy founded upon the rights to
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liberty and the rule of law. The story of Britain
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and America is one of reconciliation from adversaries to the
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closest of allies, not always perhaps following the straightest path,
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as you said yourself, mister President, during our own state
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visit at Windsor Castle last year, Ours is an unbreakable
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bond of history and heritage, culture and commerce, industry and invention,
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and we are determined to face the future together. Tonight
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we are here to renew an indispensable alliance which has
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long been a cornerstone of prosperity and security for both
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British and American citizens. Our people have fought and fallen
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together in defense of the values we cherish. Across the ocean,
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and from coast to coast, we have traded innovated and
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created together. We've stood together through the best and worst
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of times. However, the challenges we now face, from those
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who wish us harm across the world, to balancing the
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risks and opportunities of powerful new technologies, to the threats
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to the very international rules that have allowed us to
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trade and have kept power in balance for eighty years.
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Those challenges encourage us to reaffirm tonight the basis on
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which our partnership is built. And yes, we have had
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our moments of difficulty, even in more recent history. When
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my mother visited in nineteen fifty seven, not the least
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of her tasks was to help put the special back
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into our relationship after a crisis in the Middle East
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near he's seventy years on, it is hard to imagine
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anything like that happening today, but it is not hard
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to see how important the relationship remains in matters both
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seen and unseen. My mother's first Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill,
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understood this so well. But then he himself was half American,
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a traditional shared Transatlantic heritage which I'm pleased to say
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is alive and well in the White House today. Indeed,
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such was the closeness that Winston, while staying here in
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the White House in those rooms who showed us upstairs,
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urged naked from the bathtub to discover the door opening.
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As President Roosevelt came in for a chat with Rapier Wit.
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The President cast aside any embarrassment by declaring that the
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Prime Minister has nothing to conceal from the President of
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the United States. This warm came after testing times between
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our leaders in the early nineteen forties. The kinship and
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friendship of many centuries provided great reassurance to my late grandfather,
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King George the sixth.
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As he did to my late mother. It means every
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bit as much to me. Of course.
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My late mother met new fewer than thirteen serving presidents,
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thankfully all of them fully closed. The first president I
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had the honor of meeting at the age of ten
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in nineteen fifty nine, when he came to Balmols. President Eisenhower,
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who had served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary
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Forces during World War Two, at a most critical time
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in the darkest days of the twentieth century, American leadership
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helped rebuild a shattered continent, playing a decisive role as
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a defender of freedom in Europe. We and I shall
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never forget that, nor least not least as freedom is
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again under attack following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Today, our
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partnerships in NATO and AUCUS deepen our technological and military
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cooperation and ensure that together we can meet the challenges
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of an increasingly complex and contested world. And speaking of
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submarine alliances, there was one particular AUCUS predecessor, launched from
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a UK shipyard in nineteen forty four that served for
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the majority of her life attached to the fourth Submarine
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Squadron in Australia, playing a critical role during the war
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in the Pacific.
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Her name h Ms Trump.
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So tonight, mister President, I am delighted to present to you,
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as a personal gift, the original bell, which hung on
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the conning tower of your valiant namesake, may stand as
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a testimony to our nation's shared history and shining future.
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And should you ever need to get hold of us
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or just give us a ring. For two hundred and
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fifty years, the ingenuity and the imagination of the people
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in the United States have been inspiration to the world.
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This land of opportunity has nourished some of the humanity's
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greatest minds. From the indostrillage of the Spay's age, so
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many miracles of the modern world have been and still
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are invented in America. Indeed, we have followed the voyage
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of Artemis two or Artemist the second, as my family
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and I might like to call it, with close attention.
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Now. I know you have big plans for the moves
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to present, but.
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I have actually checked the papers and I'm rather suspect
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it is already part of the Commonwealth.
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I'm afraid lates on this visit.
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On this week's visit, I look forward to meeting the
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people and communities of this dynamic country, including celebrating some
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of the work of My King's Trust, which it has
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been doing in these communities, helpfully helping give young people
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a chance to succeed across America. In this year when
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we mark fifty years of the Trust, can you believe it?
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Every year, millions of Britain's journey to this remarkable country
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to experience these glorious natural parks, soaring mountains and ancient forests,
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from the peaks of the Pacific Northwest to the rugged
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shores of the Atlantic, from the vast expanses of the
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west to the sweeping prairies and canyons. The natural beauty
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of this land is found in every corner and in sport.
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In just a few.
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Weeks, the United States and Canada will be among those
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who welcome the world as hosts of the FIFA World Cup.
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So in one sense, mister President, as heads of state,
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we are joint hosts. We call this game by the way,
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football is the President, and I can only say, as
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the head of state of five competing countries, I will
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be watching the matches closely with great enthusion he has them.
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After all, we always like favorable odds. So this city, Washington, DC,
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is the home of more Shakespeare folios than anywhere in
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the world. Eighty two copies are carefully preserved and shared
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of the Folger Library. And at this time, when we
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search for peace in the world is more critical than ever,
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I can only turn to Shakespeare's genius to remind us
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of the plea for peace spoken by the Duke of
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Burgundy at the conclusion of Henry the Fifth. My speech
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entreats that I may know why gentle Peace should not
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bless us with her former qualities. Thank you, mister President,
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and missus Trump, for your splendid dinner this evening, which
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may I say, is a very considerable improvement on the
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Boston tea party. So whether your cup contains tea, wine, Scotch, whiskey, bourbon,
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or even Kohla, let us raise our glasses and voices
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as we toast the past, the present, and the future.
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Thank you.
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Of our two proud allied nations, to the United States
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and the United Kingdom. God bless both our countries.
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Thank you, and there you have it. If you'd like
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