Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, will travel to the United States in May to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the establishment of Jamestown, Va., White House officials said Wednesday.

The queen mentioned her plans Wednesday during her annual address to the opening of Parliament. The state visit will commemorate the first permanent English settlement in the Colonies, 13 years before the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. In a statement, President Bush praised an “extraordinary friendship that is sustained by deep historical and cultural ties.”

No dates were announced. In 1957, on her first state visit to the U.S., the queen took part in Jamestown’s 350th anniversary.

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