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British diplomats have long prided themselves on the so-called “special relationship” with the United States.
The phrase was coined by Winston Churchill, Britain’s inspirational wartime leader, when in March 1946 he famously described how an “iron curtain” had descended across Europe.
His speech was delivered at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, home state of the then-U.S. president Harry Truman, who was shown a copy in advance.
Warning of the threat to democracy posed by the Soviet Union, Churchill said: “Neither the sure prevention of war, nor the continuous rise of world organization will be gained without what I have called the fraternal association of the English-speaking peoples.
