President Reagan takes a break from his visit to allied European capitals to ride horses with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle in June 1982. U.S. News wrote of Reagan's visits. "Nevertheless, few in the Reagan administration would claim that a hectic 10-day journey around Europe featuring two summit meetings could do more than ease the dangerous strains threatening to pull the Western Alliance apart. The differences cannot be easily resolved, since they sometimes stem from such basic factors as geography and economic interests."
