US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden smile while standing with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II watching a Guard of Honour march past before their meeting at Windsor Castle.Credit:AP
He arrived at the castle aboard the presidential helicopter and was ferried to the queen in a black Range Rover.
The 95-year-old monarch greeted the Bidens in the castle’s quadrangle,where she waited beneath a covered dais that shielded her from the sun on one of the hottest days of the year so far in the United Kingdom.
Assembled soldiers from the Queen’s Company First Battalion Grenadier Guards gave a royal salute and the Bidens placed their hands over their hearts as the US national anthem was played.
The President was then led across the grass for an inspection of the Guard of Honour.
US President Joe Biden,second right,gestures to Queen Elizabeth II,as she descends a set of stairs at Windsor Castle.Credit:AP
He wore a stern expression on his face after he had removed his trademark sunglasses,but when the 78-year-old Biden got to the end of the row,he smiled for the soldier in front of him who held up a sword. The Queen and Jill Biden remained on the dais.
Biden returned to the dais and he,the first lady and the white-gloved woman who has held the British throne for nearly 70 years watched the military march past before they went inside for tea. As they left the dais,Biden offered the Queen an elbow.