Correspondent in London,
The ship is still only at the planning stage, but Boris Johnson would have seen it anchored off the English coast, to welcome the American president on the eve of the G7.
The Prime Minister wants to give a successor to the royal yacht
Britannia
, a flagship of the country which will notably be able to host diplomatic meetings.
The American and the English at the bow under the June sun, that would have been a beautiful illustration of the
"special relationship"
.
And a symbol of the
“open sea”
of the post-Brexit era.
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In the preliminaries of the G7, which opens Friday in Cornwall, the interview between Boris Johnson and Joe Biden, to be held this Thursday, is presented as a major moment.
Taking advantage of being the host of the international rally, the Briton will be the first European - at least in a geographical sense - to welcome the new American president.
The whole question is how will this famous "
special relationship
" which traditionally bind the United Kingdom to
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