WASHINGTON — The theme of President Barack Obama’s state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday night was “America’s Backyard,” however from the toasts, the guests and the atmosphere, it might as well have been “Americans And Brits Are Just Crazy About Each Other.”The dinner capped a two-day official visit by Cameron and his wife, Samantha Cameron, that may ultimately prove to be more memorable for its personal connections than its political ones. These included a “guys night outside” for the prime minister and the president, a “girls night in” for their spouses, and a state dinner that seemed, at times, like an Obama 2012 campaign event.During guest arrivals Wednesday night on the east side of the White House, British actors Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern of “Downton Abbey” both mentioned the Anglo-American marriage at the core of the hit period drama. Bonneville said the special nature of the U.S.-U.K. relationship is “symbolized in the exhibit, where I’m married to an American, and immediately, with Shirley McLaine joining the cast as my mother-in-code, I reckon we’ve got the special relationship attractive much nailed down.” A hardly any minutes later McGovern, who plays Bonneville’s American-born wife, told reporters, “on the exhibit I am a character who is a bridge between [the U.S. and Britain], which I feel very proud to be.” Glance at More…
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