Queen Elizabeth.Photo: CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Queen Elizabethis preparing to meet her 13th serving U.S. President!
Early on Thursday, Buckingham Palace confirmed more details aboutPresident Joe BidenandFirst Lady Dr. Jill Biden’s visit to Windsor Castle on Sunday.
The Bidens will be 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 will give a royal salute. The U.S. national anthem will be played, the palace confirmed.
President Biden arriving in the UK on Wednesday.NEIL HALL/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
The President will then accompany the Officer Commanding, Major James Taylor, and Major General Christopher Ghika, to inspect the Guard of Honor, before returning to the dais to watch the military march past alongside the Queen, 95, and the First Lady, the palace said.
The Queen and her VIP guests will then have tea inside the 1,000-year-old castle.
“She has an enormous amount of family support for her and will also take comfort from the enormity of the support from all over the world,” Charles Anson, former press secretary to the Queen, told PEOPLE.
Late on Wednesday it was announced that Philip was being remembered and celebratedwith a commemorative rose,that had been especially bred for his centenary. It was presented to the Queen last week and she has had it planted in part of the garden that he designed.
Three years ago, the Queenwelcomed President Donald Trumpto Windsor Castle and then retired for tea, just as she will with President Biden.President Barack ObamaandFirst Lady Michelle Obamawere also entertained at the castle two years before that.
Donald Trump, Queen Elizabeth.Chris Jackson/Getty Images
The Bidens arrived in the U.K. on Wednesday. The focus of their trip is the G-7 meeting taking place over the weekend. The economic summit marks the first face-to-face gathering of leaders representing the G-7 (Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S.) in two years.
This year’s events will focus on a"build back better" themeamid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to organizers.
source: people.com
