Elizabeth II received Joe and Jill Biden at Windsor Castle

A smiling Elizabeth II received this Sunday at Windsor Castle (near London) the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and his wife, Jill, as a highlight of his visit to the UK to participate in the G7 in Cornwall (south-west of England).

Coming from Carbis Bay, where the political meeting ended today, the couple arrived at 3:55 p.m. GMT by helicopter A sailor at the queen’s residence in the county Berkshire, where they were greeted by the monarch, who was waiting for them standing in a tent in the grassy ring in front of the castle.

Dressed in a spring rose with a matching hat, Isabella II, 95, listened with the president, 78, and the first lady, 70, to the anthem of United States, after hanging out together for several minutes.

The three seemed relaxed and within moments they exchanged smiles, in a visit which is distinguished by the absence of the tension which marked those of the former American president Donald trump, who visited the Queen, along with his wife Melania, on a state visit in 2019 and an official visit in 2018.

After meeting with Biden last Thursday, the British Prime Minister, the Conservative Boris Johnson, called relations with new White House tenant a “breath of fresh air”, who appeared to be moving to Windsor.

The president, sworn in last January, accompanied the commander of the royal guard, the major James taylor, and the general Christophe Ghika in the traditional inspection of the troops, an act which, before retiring from public life in 2017, would have led the prince philippe, who died at the age of 99 on April 9.

After attending with Elizabeth II and the First Lady a parade of the First Battalion of the Queen’s Company Grenadier Guards, the three entered the castle to enjoy an English tea, according to the protocol agenda sent by the palace of Buckingham (main royal residence in London).

Biden, making his first international trip, is the thirteenth US president to Elizabeth II knows the fourteen who served during her 69-year reign, with the exception of Lyndon Johnson.

Prior to receiving the 46th Chief of the United States, the Sovereign welcomed her predecessors to Windsor Donald Trump (2018); Barack obama (2016); George W. Bush (2008) and Ronald reagan (1982).

During that 2018 visit, Trump, who avoided London because of the protests against him, broke protocol by getting ahead of the Queen by examining the troops together.

In June 2019, the former president and his wife took part in a more lavish state visit, in which they were entertained in style by Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, when Trump also broke the rules by playing when not due to the Sovereign.

For its part, Biden first met the Queen at an audience in 1982, when, being a senator in his country, he went to the United Kingdom to participate in a meeting of the Anglo-American group of the British Parliament.

During your current visit to this country, the Bidens already benefited from the company of the British head of state last Friday, during the reception she offered to the leaders of the Group of seven (more developed economies) at the Eden Project ecological center in Cornwall.

The couple, who started the day today by going to mass in the picturesque town of Saint-Ives, in the English South West, did not hide his illusion of knowing her personally.

Shortly after arriving on British territory, Jill biden he told reporters on Thursday: “Joe and I are looking forward to meeting the Queen. It is an exciting part of the visit for us. “.

Previously, in a Twitter message, he had wished “Peace and comfort” to the Sovereign and all her family on the day Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, would have turned 100 years old.

After the act with his majesty, The Bidens travel to Brussels (Belgium) for the president to attend the NATO summit on Monday and another with the European Union on Tuesday, before going to Geneva (Switzerland) to hold a meeting with the Russian president on Wednesday, Vladimir Poutine.

(With information from EFE)

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