President Biden Remembers Queen Elizabeth II Who ‘Defined an Era’

Biden first met Queen Elizabeth in 1982 during a trip to Britain as a young senator. His most recent meeting came about a year ago, in Cornwall, England.

WASHINGTON - President Biden praised Queen Elizabeth II as "more than just a king," and said in a statement after her death Thursday that the queen, who was 96 years old, had witnessed seven decades of unprecedented human progress and human march forward. dignity."

Biden said the Queen "defined an era".

White House officials said the president was briefed Thursday morning about the Queen's sudden health concerns, and that he expressed his thoughts to British Prime Minister Liz Truss during a previously scheduled video meeting with allied leaders.

The Queen's death was officially announced shortly after the meeting ended,

White House officials said.

Karen Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, was in the middle of her daily briefing with reporters when the official royal Twitter account reported her death.

In his statement, Mr Biden referred to the Queen's influence on British citizens and her global impact outside her country.

“She was the first British Queen in whom people all over the world felt a personal and instant connection,” he said, “whether they heard her on the radio as a young princess speaking to the children of the United Kingdom, or gathered around her television sets to crown her,

Or watched her last Christmas address or platinum jubilee on their phones."

"She, in turn, devoted her whole life to serving them," he said.

Biden said in his statement that he first met Queen Elizabeth in 1982 during a trip to Britain when he was a young senator. His last meeting came about a year ago.

When the president spent time in Cornwall, England, for a meeting of the leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations.

After meeting her at Windsor Castle last June, Mr Biden said the Queen reminded him of his mother "in terms of her looks and generosity". He said he did not think the comparison "would be offended."

In his statement, the President recalled the way the Queen and his wife, Jill Biden, treated him during that visit,

She said, "She charmed us with her wit, stirred us with her kindness, and generously shared her wisdom with us."

On Thursday, Mr. Biden also recalled the Queen's visit to Jamestown, Virginia, in 2007, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English colony in the New World, describing her as a strong supporter of the United States.

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