Every American president the Queen has met during her reign

<strong><a href="/tags/0/queen-elizabeth-ii">The Queen</strong></a> greeted US President <strong><a href="/tags/0/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a></strong> at Buckingham Palace on June 3. It was their second meeting, following last year's tea at Windsor Castle with <a href="/tags/0/melania-trump"><strong>Melania Trump</a></strong>. <p>Her Majesty has met 11 serving US presidents during her reign. She also met <strong>Herbert Hoover</strong> after the end of his presidency and Harry Truman when she was still a princess. During her reign, she became the first ever UK monarch to address the American Congress, and has also made huge strides to deepen and continually improve the UK's relationship with its cousins across the water. <p><strong>Click through to see all the presidents the Queen has met since she ascended the throne in 1952!</strong> <p>Photo: &copy; Victoria Jones - WPA Pool / Getty Images
<h2>Dwight Eisenhower</h2> <p>Although <strong><a href="/tags/0/queen-elizabeth-ii">the Queen</a></strong> met both <strong>Harry Truman</strong> and <strong>Herbert Hoover</strong>, her first encounter with a US president while she was the monarch was <strong>Dwight Eisenhower</strong>. <p>The two first met in 1957 (pictured) on Her Majesty's inaugural state visit to the United States. They met again in 1959, when the Queen helped Eisenhower open the St. Lawrence Seaway in Canada on the royal yacht Britannia. <p>To the left, Her Majesty is pictured with Dwight (second left), his wife Mamie (second right) and <strong><A href="/tags/0/prince-philip">Prince Philip</a></strong> in 1957. <p>Photo: &copy; Keystone/Getty Images
<h2>John F. Kennedy</h2> <p>Her Majesty met <strong>John F. Kennedy</strong> and his wife <strong>Jackie Kennedy Onassis</strong> on their state visit to the UK in 1961. <p>John was the first sitting US president to visit Buckingham Palace since <strong>Woodrow Wilson</strong> met with <strong>George V</strong> in 1918 at the end of World War I. <p>This was the first and only time the Queen met John and Jackie, since John was assassinated a little over a year later. <p>Photo: &copy; PNA Rota/Getty Images
<h2>Richard Nixon</h2> <p><strong>Richard Nixon</strong> first visited Buckingham Palace in 1969, shortly after he was elected US president. The Queen gave Richard photos of her and Prince Philip, and he gave her a signed headshot of himself. He also had a photo of him and his wife Pat sent to Her Majesty when he returned home. <p>Photo: &copy; Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
<h2>Gerald Ford</h2> <p>The Queen welcomed the 38th US president to Buckingham Palace for a state dinner to celebrate the 200th anniversary of American independence in 1976. <p>Photo: &copy; Anwar Hussein/Getty Images
<h2>Jimmy Carter</h2> <p>The very next year, the Queen welcomed Jimmy to Buckingham Palace for a state visit. She was joined by <strong><a href="/tags/0/princess-margaret">Princess Margaret</strong></a>, Prince Charles and <strong><a href="/tags/0/the-queen-mother">the Queen Mother</strong></a>. <p>Photo: &copy; Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
<h2>Ronald Reagan</h2> <p>In 1982, <strong>Ronald</strong> and <strong>Nancy Reagan</strong> became the first American guests to stay overnight at Windsor Castle. <p>The next year, Ronald welcomed the Queen to San Francisco with a huge banquet. The two met again during D-Day celebrations in 1984. <p>Photo: &copy; McCarthy/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
<h2>George H.W. Bush</h2> <p>The Queen first met Bush senior in 1989, when he was invited to Buckingham Palace. Two years later, the two met again when she was the guest of honour at the White House (pictured). During that visit, she became the first British monarch to address the US Congress. <p>Photo: &copy; Anwar Hussein/Getty Images
<h2>Bill Clinton</h2> <p>The Queen met Bill several times when he was president, including this banquet held in Portsmouth, England to mark the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in 1994. <p>Photo: &copy; Anwar Hussein/Getty Images
<h2>George W. Bush</h2> <p>The 43rd US president and his wife <strong>Laura Bush</strong> met the Queen and Prince Philip for lunch at Buckingham Palace in 2001. Two years later, the two met again when George made a state visit to the UK. The Queen returned the favour by visiting the US in 2007 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. George also visited the UK in 2004 for the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. <p>Photo: &copy; Anwar Hussein/WireImage
<h2>Barack Obama</h2> <p><strong><a href="/tags/0/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a></strong> and his wife <strong><a href="/tags/0/michelle-obama">Michelle Obama</strong></a> met Her Majesty and Prince Philip for the first time in 2009 at Buckingham Palace. During that visit, Michelle broke protocol when she put her hand on the Queen's back. <P>They met again two years later for a state banquet at Buckingham Palace, and in 2016, the Obamas landed their helicopter on Buckingham Palace's lawn to pay the Queen a visit for her 90th birthday. <p>Photo: &copy; John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images
<h2>Donald Trump</h2> <p>Donald made his first visit to meet the Queen in 2018, when he visited Windsor Castle. He and Melania had tea with the Queen after being welcomed by an honour guard. <p>Photo: &copy; Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images
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