00:00250 years ago or as we say in the United Kingdom just the other day as Oscar Wilde
00:11said we have really everything in common with America nowadays except of course
00:17language it is in fact my 20th visit to the United States and my first as king
00:27and head of the Commonwealth this is a city which symbolizes a period in our
00:33shared history or what Charles Dickens might have called a tale of two Georges
00:42King George as you know never set foot in America and please rest assured there's
00:50someone I am NOT here as part of some cunning rearguard action now as you may
00:57know when I address my own Parliament at Westminster we still follow an age-old
01:03tradition and take a member of Parliament hostage holding him or her at Buckingham
01:11Palace until I am safely returned these days we we look after our guests rather
01:21well to the point that they often do not want to leave on your 250th birthday let
01:32our two countries rededicate ourselves to each other in the selfless service of our
01:40peoples and of all the peoples of the world God bless the United States and God
01:48bless the United Kingdom
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