France and the Commonwealth of Nations at times, it has been suggested that France join the Commonwealth. In 1956, during the Suez Crisis, during which France and the United Kingdom's interests in the Middle East aligned, it was proposed by French Prime Minister Guy Mollet that France and the UK create a Franco-British Union, with common citizenship and Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. His British counterpart, Anthony Eden, instead proposed that France join the Commonwealth, with Commonwealth citizenship rights and recognising the Queen as Head of the Commonwealth. However, this was rejected by Mollet. La Francophonie, which was founded to promote the French language
Cultural depictions of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom the Middle East. In the Ian Curteis television play "Suez 1956" (1979), Michael Gough portrayed Eden. Film Eden is portrayed by Samuel West in "Darkest Hour" (2017). Television Film Other Cultural depictions of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom Cultural depictions of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom have become commonplace since the term's first use in 1905. However, they have been applied to prime ministers who were in office before the first use of the term. They are listed here chronologically from the date of first appointment as prime minister. Melbourne has been portrayed in the following film and