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The US leader and his wife Laura sat down with the Monarch and the Duke of Edinburgh for the informal gathering in the lavish setting of Windsor Castle.

Mr Bush is spending two days in the UK renewing acquaintances and holding talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and former premier Tony Blair after spending last week meeting leaders in France, Germany and Italy.

Afternoon tea with the Queen is in stark contrast to the serious discussions the President will hold with Mr Brown. Mr Bush has already urged the Prime Minister not to jeopardise coalition gains in Iraq by the premature withdrawal of British troops.

In an interview with The Observer newspaper, the US leader said there should be no "definitive timetable" for troop reductions.

His comments follow a report last week that the Prime Minister could make an announcement on the final pull out of Britain's remaining 4,500 troops before the end of the year.

Mr Bush and his entourage flew into Heathrow on the Presidential jumbo jet Air Force One and they were ferried by helicopter to the Queen's Berkshire home.

Security was tight around the landing site in Home Park, close to the Royal Palace, with armed officers patrolling nearby hedgerows and trees and American secret service personnel stood just beyond the rotor blades of the helicopter.

Mr Bush his wife travelled the short distance to Windsor Castle in a limousine for a private greeting with the Queen in the palace's White Drawing Room.

Mr Bush is the first President to be hosted at the Royal residence since Ronald Regan was pictured riding at Windsor with the Queen in June 1982.