Joe Biden to attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral
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The White House announced on Friday that President Joe Biden will attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. On Thursday, the 96-year-old queen passed away at her house in Balmoral, Scotland. While left leaning articles focus on Biden’s previous meetings with the Queen, right leaning articles focus on Biden’s plan to attend the funeral even though no sitting US President has attended a British state funeral.
Newsweek published a centrist article about President Joe Biden saying he plans to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Details of the funeral are expected to be announced soon. The 96-year-old queen died Thursday at her home in Balmoral, Scotland. Her son, now King Charles III, has declared a period of royal mourning. Charles III will be formally proclaimed king on Saturday morning. Flags at the White House and other federal buildings will fly at half-staff for seven days.
A left-leaning article from the CNN highlights how she met the Bidens for tea at Windsor Castle and questioned the President on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, both autocrats who have inflamed tensions through military aggression. “….she reminded me of my mother, the look of her and just the generosity”, gushed Biden. Biden's intentions to attend the Queen's funeral, which is anticipated to take place in the upcoming weeks, have not been made explicit by the White House.
A right-leaning article from NY Post highlights how Biden would be the first sitting president to attend a British state funeral. President Lyndon Johnson dispatched a delegation following the passing of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965. The delegation was headed by former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Earl Warren and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. At the 1952 state funeral for King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II, Dean Acheson, the secretary of state at the time, represented the US government.