One designed to keep power closer to the people, keep power divided so that it's always accountable, and make sure it's rooted in the consent of the people. We've managed to stay on good terms, obviously. Britain's one of our closest allies, while still being very clear about how we prefer to run things. When the King made a joke about how he wasn't here on any hostile mission, I joked to my neighbors that it was about 250 years too late to tell us that, because we've already made our choice. (02:14–02:21)
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Asserts that Britain is one of the United States' closest allies.
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