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

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