Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1956, firayim ministocin Britaniya da Faransa, Sir Anthony Eden da Guy Mollet, sun tattauna yiwuwar Faransa ta shiga cikin Commonwealth. Ba a taɓa karɓar wannan shawarar ba kuma a shekara mai zuwa Faransa ta rattaba hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Rome, wanda ya kafa Ƙungiyar Tattalin Arzikin Turai, wanda ya riga ya zama Tarayyar Turai. Biritaniya da Faransa a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1956
sun mamaye Masar a wani yunƙuri da ba a yi nasara ba na kama hanyar Suez. Lord Mountbatten ya yi iƙirarin Sarauniyar ta yi adawa da mamayewar, kodayake Eden ya musanta shi. Eden ta yi murabus bayan watanni biyu.