News June 13, 2021
President Biden & First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Meet with Queen Elizabeth II
While in the U.K. with First Lady Dr. Jill Biden for the G-7 Summit, President Joe Biden was received by Queen Elizabeth Sunday at Windsor Castle.
The heads of state had met Friday, but the Bidens were able to travel from Cornwall to Windsor on Sunday for a longer, more formal meeting with the 95-year-old icon.
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View StoryWelcomed on the dais in the castle's Quadrangle, the first couple was greeted by a Guard of Honor to give them a royal salute.
The Queen and the Bidens had tea at the meeting, their first since Biden assumed the presidency.
According to People magazine, President Biden is the 13th U.S. president the Queen has met in her historic reign, and their warm face-to-face was her first major appearance since the death of her husband Prince Philip at age 99 two months ago.
Vice President Kamala Harris was making history of her own back in the U.S. — joined by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, she became the first sitting U.S. VP to march in an LGBTQ Pride event when the couple appeared at Capital Pride in D.C. Saturday.
Wearing a "LOVE IS LOVE" tee under a salmon jacket, Vice President Harris used the appearance to push for passage of the Equality Act and to speak up for transgender rights.
"There is so much more work to do," she said, "and I know we are committed."