The UAE's Founding Father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, with Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street in London. July 19, 1989. AP Photo

Sheikh Zayed's visit to the UK in 1989 highlighted a special relationship




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