The book of visitors to the legendary Downing Street is revealed – Sign kings and world leaders

The list of those who were admitted to the British house was published for the first time, according to the book recording of the chosen visitors who were admitted to . The names of the 10 Downing Street visitors are not systematically made public and the visitor registration register sheds light on the prestigious guests who passed the threshold of the Prime Minister’s residence. CORVERSE The three volumes, held by the National Archives after the sale at auction of one of them was suspended in the last hour at the beginning of the year, cover a period from 1970 when conservative Edward Heath was prime minister, until 2003, at the time of Labour’s second term Tony Blair. The late Queen Elizabeth signed as “Elizabeth R” (Elizabeth Regina), when she went there. King Charles and his former wife Princess Diana simply wrote “Carol and Diana”. “To visit n°10 Downing Street is always an unforgettable experience,” wrote South African president and hero of the battle against apartheid Nelson Mandela, while in 1990 Czech leader Vaclav Havel painted a heart under his name. CORVERSE US Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. O. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George Bush Jr. all signed the book. “With respect, friendship and gratitude for this relationship which means so much,” wrote George Bush the elder, among other things, in 1989. To celebrate Downing Street’s 250th anniversary in 1985, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and five living at that time her predecessors (Harold McMillan, Alec Douglas- Hume, Harold Wilson, Edward Heath, and James Callahan) all signed on the same page. Among the other notable signatures are those of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, the last leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The three volumes were back in the news at the beginning of the year when one of them was to be auctioned for about 18,000 euros. According to the auction house, the owner was a civil servant who had retired and found the volume within a damaged box that had been asked to fly after a flood. The sale was cancelled by the government, which was based on a law on public documents, which allowed it to claim ownership of the three volumes.