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    George Skelton: When Reagan hosted Queen Elizabeth and Jerry Brown met with 'cool' Prince Charles in California

    by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times Sep 13, 2022 4 minutes
    Queen Elizabeth II and President Ronald Reagan chat at Santa Barbara airport before a visit to the Reagans' hilltop ranch.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Americans reject monarchism. It's in our DNA. But Queen Elizabeth II was one monarch most Americans respected and admired. She had grace and grit — lifelong characteristics that were brightly displayed on a venturous trip to California in 1983.

    Her son and successor, King Charles III, shared his mother's attribute of staying calm and cool. And the then-prince showed it while being hosted by "era of limits" Gov. Jerry Brown at the state Capitol in 1977.

    The queen's trip certainly didn't turn out as she had expected. And the prince's visit undoubtedly caught him by surprise. But

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