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Joe Biden Jokes They Could тАШFit The White House In The CourtyardтАЩ Of Windsor Castle While Meeting With Queen Elizabeth

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By Jennifer DrysdaleтАН, Jamie Samhan.

Queen Elizabeth II┬аand President┬аJoe Biden┬аmet up at Windsor Castle on Sunday. The pair тАФ alongside First Lady┬аDr. Jill Biden┬атАФ convened at the dais in the Quadrangle of the castle, where a Guard of Honor formed of the QueenтАЩs Company First Battalion Grenadier Guards gave the Bidens a royal salute.

The couple has been in England for the G7 Summit, which began Friday in Cornwall, England. The Bidens┬аbriefly met the queen┬аon Friday, and enjoyed tea with her at Windsor Castle on Sunday.

тАЬShe was very gracious,тАЭ the president later told reporters. тАЬShe reminded me of my mother.тАЭ

The group apparently spoke about Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, as well as the White House compared to Windsor Castle.

тАЬI said, this isтАж we could fit the White House in the courtyard,тАЭ Biden added.

Biden also invited the Queen to visit them in Washington D.C., however, the Queen stopped undertaking international travel a few years ago.

On Friday, the president and first lady met the queen at The Eden Project in England, where┬аPrince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William┬аand┬аKate Middleton┬аwere also in attendance. This marked the BidensтАЩ first in-person visit with the queen of England since stepping into their roles in January.

US President Joe Biden, right and First Lady Jill Biden, left, stand with BritainтАЩs Queen Elizabeth II, during a visit to Windsor Castle, in Windsor. Photo: Arthur Edwards/Pool via AP/CPImages
US President Joe Biden, right and First Lady Jill Biden, left, stand with BritainтАЩs Queen Elizabeth II, during a visit to Windsor Castle, in Windsor. Photo: Arthur Edwards/Pool via AP/CPImages
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden stand with BritainтАЩs Queen Elizabeth II watching a Guard of Honour march past before their meeting at Windsor Castle. Photo: AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool/CPImages
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden stand with BritainтАЩs Queen Elizabeth II watching a Guard of Honour march past before their meeting at Windsor Castle. Photo: AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool/CPImages

G7 leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the United States meet this weekend for the first time in nearly two years, for three-day talks in Carbis Bay, Cornwall.

Queen Elizabeth has met with many American presidents during her nearly 70 years on the throne. Most┬аrecently, she hosted President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump in 2019, as well as President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in 2016.

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