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S2E8 · Dear Mrs. Kennedy

Inspired by Jackie Kennedy and against her government's wishes, Elizabeth takes an unconventional approach to resolving an issue with Ghana.

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Elizabeth hosts US President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy at Buckingham Palace in June 1961 for dinner, and finds common ground with the First Lady. Later, Elizabeth discovers the First Lady had insulted her and the Palace at a party. When President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana seeks closer ties to the Soviet Union, Elizabeth personally intervenes to bring Ghana back into the fold of the Commonwealth. When the First Lady returns to London, she apologises to Elizabeth, explaining that she had been under the influence of "substances". In 1963, after watching news coverage of Kennedy's assassination, Elizabeth arranges for a week of mourning within the household, and for the bells at Westminster Abbey to be rung, before writing a letter to the First Lady.

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