America is still coming to grips with its place in the world, but its special relationship with Britain has been 'forged by the fires of history', according to a senior US diplomat.Matthew Palmer, deputy US ambassador to the United Kingdom, was speaking at celebrations to mark the centenary of the Harmsworth Chair in American History at , which invites leading professors of American history from the US to spend a year in the UK.The Harmsworth Professorship was established by the first Lord Rothermere – who founded the Daily Mail with his brother – in memory of his son Vyvyan Harmsworth MC, who was killed in the and whose favourite subject was history.
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