ISABEL II AND JOE BIDEN ALREADY HAVE A PLACE AND DATE TO MEET IN PERSON
The Queen of England and the President of the United States have been in contact since Biden arrived at the White House last January, but have not yet been able to see each other in person. A situation that is about to change.
During the presidency of Donald Trump, Queen Elizabeth and the rest of her family did everything possible to welcome the president and his family, despite their boredom during the ceremonies, some cases of lateness at the time of the tea and a forgotten gift. Although the queen would never comment on it publicly, it's easy to imagine that she is more interested in spending time with Trump's successor, Joe Biden, now that vaccination efforts have been successful in the United States and Britain. A G7 summit will be held in the UK later this month, and on Thursday this week, Buckingham Palace announced that Biden and his wife, Jill, will pay a visit to Windsor Castle on the 13th of June.
This will be Biden's first trip abroad since his inauguration as president of the United States in January. It will also be his first face-to-face encounter with the queen, although the two have corresponded in this time. In January, CNN reported that the queen sent Biden a congratulatory message ahead of his inauguration, and in April the Bidens sent their condolences to royalty following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh. Although the Bidens will visit the queen at Windsor Castle, which is now the queen's full-time residence, the G7 summit will take place in Cornwall.
Biden will be the twelfth president the queen has known since she became monarch in 1953. His last meeting with Trump took place in December 2019, when a NATO summit was held at Buckingham Palace. Other family members also joined the appointment. Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, posed for awkward photos with Trump and Melania. Princess Anne was later filmed shrugging at her mother and later seen laughing when some world leaders made a joke at Trump's expense.
Biden has previously met with some other members of the Windsor clan. In 2015, he joined Carlos and Camilla as they spoke to Barack Obama in the Oval Office, and in 2017, the Obamas and Bidens traveled to Toronto to attend the Invictus Games, where they sat down with Prince Harry and watched a game of Wheelchair Basketball.
