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May 07, 2007 2:34 PM

ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: Ever the gracious host, President Bush escorted Queen Elizabeth II to the Blair House across Pennsylvania Avenue following their lunch at the White House Monday. 

The President and the Queen were greeted by about 200 school students from The British School of Washington and the IDEA Junior Academy, a charter school here in Washington, DC. The students lined up behind metal fences draped with red, white and blue bunting and they all enthusiastically waved American and British flags and screamed and whistled as the President and Queen grew closer.

Several of the children gave the Queen bouquets of flowers, and she held one and passed the rest on to her staff. Prince Phillip and the First Lady walked the rope line behind the two heads of state. The President was engulfed in a few bear hugs by some older students, and many girls were squealing as he approached them on the rope line.

As the President went into the Northwest appointments gate to head back into the White House, he shouted to a favorite target, Charles Ammanny, a British photographer from Newsweek.

"This must be a special day for you," the President said.  Ammanny agreed and the President then noted his outfit of khakis and a gray sweater and said, "You couldn't have found something other than hand me down clothes?"

Zing.

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