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President Joe Bidenmet withQueen Elizabethat Windsor Castle on Sunday. Aftermeeting brieflyon Friday, he continued his first weekend with the Queen since his inauguration as President of the United States.
President Biden andFirst Lady Dr. Jill Bidentraveled into Windsor from the Group of Seven (G-7) Summit, which began on June 11 in Cornwall, England.
They were welcomed at the dais in the Quadrangle of the castle, and a Guard of Honor formed of the Queen’s Company First Battalion Grenadier Guards gave the First Couple a royal salute. The Queen and the Bidens then had tea inside the 1,000-year-old castle.
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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Queen Elizabeth, President Joe Biden.TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images
News of the Queen and the President’s meeting wasannouncedon June 3, and President Biden is the 13th American president the Queen has met during her historic reign across nearly 70 years.
The meeting also marked the Queen’s first major engagement since her husbandPrince Philipdied in April at age 99. She has spent much of the last year at her Windsor Castle home, meeting virtually with dignitaries both domestic and international.
The Queen, 95, most recently hosted former PresidentDonald Trumpand his family at Buckingham Palace in 2019, and also welcomed former PresidentBarack Obamato Windsor in 2016.
President Joe Biden and Queen Elizabeth.Chris Jackson/Getty Images
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Queen Elizabeth and President Joe Biden.STEVE PARSONS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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The annual G-7 economic summit marked the first face-to-face gathering in two years for leaders representing Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. This year’s events focused on the pandemic recovery theme of"build back better,“according to organizers.
Biden is next scheduled to continue onto Brussels for a NATO summit.
Asked in April if Biden, 78, wanted to meet the Queen while in the U.K., Press Secretary Jen Psaki replied: “Who wouldn’t want to meet the Queen?”
source: people.com
