Queen Elizabeth II and United States President Joe Biden.

Queen Elizabeth II and United States President Joe Biden.Getty

The President of the United States lavished praise on the British monarch saying she reminded him of his own beloved mother and praised her generosity.

On Sunday (Jun 13), The President of the United States, Joe Biden, and First Lady Dr. Jill visited with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Biden was the 13th US President that 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth had the pleasure of meeting. 

Biden (78) and his wife Dr. Jill, were used by Queen Elizabeth for afternoon tea. Speaking afterward Biden told the press that the Queen had reminded him of his own mother, Jean, who passed away in 2010, aged 93. 

Before leaving London he told the press "I don't think she’d be insulted but she reminded me of my mother, the look of her and just the generosity," Reuters reports.

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"She's extremely gracious, that's not surprising, but we had a great talk. She wanted to know what the two leaders that I -- the one I'm about to meet with, Mr Putin, and she wanted to know about Xi Jinping, and we had a long talk."

The US President was greeted with British pomp and fanfare in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle. Joe Biden inspected a Guard of Honour formed of The Queen’s Company First Battalion Grenadier Guards, which gave a Royal Salute, and the U.S. National Anthem was played before they entered the castle for tea.

He told the media the Queen had asked about life living in the White House.

Biden said: “I said, this is... we could fit the White House in the courtyard," referring to Windsor Castle.

Biden was so taken with his visit he told the media "I said I wish we could stay longer, maybe we could hold the cars up a minute, and stuff. Anyway, she was very gracious."

He also confirmed that he had extended an invitation to Queen Elizabeth to visit with him at the White House, in Washington DC.

Biden had been visiting the United Kingdom where he attended the G7 Summit, in Cornwall. 

Watch the BBC coverage of President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Gill Biden's visit to meet Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle:

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