Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1956, Firayim Ministan Burtaniya 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. A watan Nuwamba 1956, Birtaniya da Faransa sun mamaye Masar
a wani yunƙurin da ba a yi nasara ba don kama Suez Canal. Lord Mountbatten ya yi iƙirarin Sarauniyar ta yi adawa da mamayewar, kodayake Eden ya musanta shi. Eden ta yi murabus bayan watanni biyu.