bush. that was partly because of barbara bush. i think she really liked and respected this dog loving, animal loving matriarch with a big family and slightly troublesome sons. that perhaps was something they had in common. and they got along famously, just because of that similarity. then i also say from the younger generation, the postwar generation, it's prettr that a really nice relationship developed with the obamas lat on in the queen's life course. it wasn't clear to the british that obama liked great britain and was that interested in europe, as much as say the people of great britain seemed to be rather enthusiastic about him. and so he got special treatment from the queen, but they clicked immediately. you can see for example when michelle obama and the girls were privately traveling in london, they got invited to buckingham palace and the girls got a carriage ride around the grounds of buckingham palace, all privately, no media. just a sign of a close relationship. peter: you describe queen elizabeth ii as the undisputed