June 15, 2021: In a break from established royal protocol, President Joe Biden disclosed the contents of his meeting with the Queen to the media. Mr Biden told reporters that the queen had asked him about her Russian and Chinese counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, during a 45-minute meeting over tea at Windsor Castle.
It is “unusual” for anyone, including the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, to disclose the contents of a meeting with the 95-year-old king. On Sunday evening, just before leaving for Brussels at Heathrow Airport, Mr Biden told the media: “We had a long talk, she was very generous. I don’t think she’d be insulted, but she reminded me of my mother. In terms of the look of her and just the generosity.”
The queen also asked the US president about Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. “She wanted to know about two leaders I was going to meet, Mr Putin, and she wanted to know about Xi Jinping,” she told reporters. Mr Biden is due to meet his Russian counterpart next week as he travels to Europe. She was accompanied by First Lady Jill Biden at Windsor Castle.
Mr Biden had previously said that relations between the two countries – the United States and Russia – had historically been at an all-time low. “I think the best way to deal with it is for him and I want to meet him.” Speaking to White House representatives about his meeting with the Queen, Mr Biden said: “I wish we could stay longer, maybe we could put the cars on hold for more minute. Anyway she was very gracious”
Before stepping inside, the Queen also introduced the US President and First Lady to her Lady in Waiting Dam Annabelle Whitehead. Mr Biden said he had extended an invitation to the Queen to go to the White House. In 2012, the BBC’s security correspondent, Frank Gardner, was forced to issue a public apology after revealing it on Radio 4, when the Queen told him about Abu Hamza, the imam of the Finsery Park Mosque in north London.
The Press Association had earlier reported a piece of conversation between the Queen and Mr Biden. He said the queen told the president: “You have finished your conversation,” to which Mr Biden replied: “Yes, we did.” Arriving on the Black Range Rover after flying in a Marine One presidential helicopter, Mr Biden was greeted by the Queen, who was standing alone two months after the death of her husband, Prince Philip.
The royal family has played an active role during the G7 summit, hosting a reception for Biden and other G7 leaders at the Eden Project in Queen Cornwall, including Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Also present were Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge.
The Queen received Trump in 2018, Obamas in 2016, President George W. Bush and his wife in 2008, and Reagan in 1982.
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