Queen Elizabeth welcomed Carter to Buckingham Palace for a dinner with NATO leaders during his first trip abroad after being elected. As the newly-minted President Ca

King Charles paid tribute to Jimmy Carter following his death on December 29 at the age of 100. The celebrated former president was beloved by people worldwide, many of whom paid their respects online once news of his death broke.

The British media has previously reported that the late president once placed his lips on the late royal matriarch's lips when he came to visit Buckingham Palace in 1977.

The late former US president Jimmy Carter was a relative novice at international diplomacy when made his first visit to the UK just four months into his term in the White House in 1977 – which resulted in him earning the displeasure of the Queen Mother after being said to have given her a parting kiss on the lips.