8 March 2018 - Saudi Arabia and UK hail multibillion-dollar alliance
Queen Elizabeth II greets Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, during a private audience at Buckingham Palace on March 7, 2018 in London, United Kingdom.
The Ambassadors (1533) depicts the French ambassadors who came to London that year to broker the alliance.
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Look closely at the dagger held by Dinteville, and you'll spot a 29 on its ornate scabbard. Similarly, the book under Selve's elbow has "25" written upon its side.
Elizabethan England’s relations took a different direction under the new King James VI and I, whose Treaty of London in 1604 made peace with Spain and curtailed the need for close commercial and diplomatic ties with the Muslim world. But the trading companies established by Elizabeth I continued to thrive, including the East India Company (founded in 1600). While the great flowering of Elizabethan relations with the Islamic world came to an end, they left an indelible mark on English culture that remains with us today.2018 - Brexit