Queen Elizabeth to host Biden before G7 summit in June

 

FILE PHOTO: Queen Elizabeth attends a ceremony in London's Westminster Abbey to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior, in Britain November 4, 2020. Picture taken November 4, 2020. Aaron Chown/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth will host new U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders at Buckingham Palace before a summit of the G7 big economies in June, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

 

Describing it as a "soft power" reception, the Sunday Times said the Queen would be joined by the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The palace declined to comment on the report.

 

Britain has announced plans to hold the first in-person summit of the G7 for nearly two years in June in Cornwall, southwest England.

 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes the meeting will forge a consensus that the global economy must recover from the COVID-19 pandemic in a pro-free trade and sustainable way.

 

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; Editing by Peter Graff)

 

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That’s great imo I’m sure the Biden’s will be delighted to have an audience with the queen and she will be delighted it isn't trump 

maybe the queen will tell biden, "boris liked trump, but i prefer you!"

A completely uncalled for insulting post has been removed. 

9 minutes ago, Pique Dard said:

maybe the queen will tell biden, "boris liked trump, but i prefer you!"

Or maybe she won't, perhaps she'll tell the truth. It is quite unbelievable that Trump with all his faults, a dislike of the UK was not one of them, yet President Biden has hardly shown a liking to the UK yet out goes the red carpet for him.

3 minutes ago, vogie said:

Or maybe she won't, perhaps she'll tell the truth. It is quite unbelievable that Trump with all his faults, a dislike of the UK was not one of them, yet President Biden has hardly shown a liking to the UK yet out goes the red carpet for him.

A great indication of how trump is despised.

54 minutes ago, vogie said:

Or maybe she won't, perhaps she'll tell the truth. It is quite unbelievable that Trump with all his faults, a dislike of the UK was not one of them, yet President Biden has hardly shown a liking to the UK yet out goes the red carpet for him.

At least Biden doesn't have to bring his own red carpet as did Trump on his last trip as POTUS to Florida.

I don't know hat Trump felt towards the people of the UK, but I'm certain the British recognize a dictator when they see one.

1 hour ago, vogie said:

Or maybe she won't, perhaps she'll tell the truth. It is quite unbelievable that Trump with all his faults, a dislike of the UK was not one of them, yet President Biden has hardly shown a liking to the UK yet out goes the red carpet for him.

It's not just for Biden, it's for all the leaders, nothing special for him.

3 hours ago, Tug said:

That’s great imo I’m sure the Biden’s will be delighted to have an audience with the queen and she will be delighted it isn't trump 

Trump had more than one meeting with the Queen!

12 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

At least Biden doesn't have to bring his own red carpet as did Trump on his last trip as POTUS to Florida.

I don't know hat Trump felt towards the people of the UK, but I'm certain the British recognize a dictator when they see one.

"but I'm certain the British recognize a dictator when they see one."

Well John Bercow certainly did, probably his wife Sally told him to say that in all fairness though.

 

You know I never realised that saying something positive would generate all this negativity. It reminds me of Newtons third law...For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

3 hours ago, Tug said:

That’s great imo I’m sure the Biden’s will be delighted to have an audience with the queen and she will be delighted it isn't trump 

I'm pretty sure she doesn't really care who the US president is, she has bigger fish to fry.

2 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I'm pretty sure she doesn't really care who the US president is, she has bigger fish to fry.

Of course she cares, it cost her a fortune to fumigate the place after trumps visit. ????

3 hours ago, Matreusse said:

Trump had more than one meeting with the Queen!

And embarrassed the US every time he went.

3 hours ago, Neeranam said:

I'm pretty sure she doesn't really care who the US president is, she has bigger fish to fry.

Oh, she cares. 45 brought the US down several rungs of the world leaders' ladder, but it's still a force to be reckoned with.

 

At least President Biden is housebroken and won't embarrass the US for lack of understanding political protocol.

10 hours ago, Tug said:

That’s great imo I’m sure the Biden’s will be delighted to have an audience with the queen and she will be delighted it isn't trump 

No doubt all the senior royals will turn out for this.  Prince Charles and Camilla have already confirmed they will be there after refusing to meet Trump last time.

I would rather he didn't come, but if our great Queen does have to accept this undesirable then I hope she tells him to sort out his own mess and stop interfering in the business of other countries, specifically regarding the Good Friday agreement.

 

If he insists on pretending to be Irish then he should at least be consistent in opposing a hard border which means vocally and unequivocally condemning the EU's recent triggering of article 16 to cover up their mishandling of vaccine procurement. 

 

He won't though, because he's Joe.

 

 

J B likes dogs and should be OK with her Majesty's Corgi's who are good judges of character .. rumour has it they snapped and snarled at the last one to visit .. 

32 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

I would rather he didn't come, but if our great Queen does have to accept this undesirable then I hope she tells him to sort out his own mess and stop interfering in the business of other countries, specifically regarding the Good Friday agreement.

 

If he insists on pretending to be Irish then he should at least be consistent in opposing a hard border which means vocally and unequivocally condemning the EU's recent triggering of article 16 to cover up their mishandling of vaccine procurement. 

 

He won't though, because he's Joe.

 

 

So much for the special relationship innit?

11 hours ago, Pique Dard said:

maybe the queen will tell biden, "boris liked trump, but i prefer you!"

I get the feeling Boris came around to evenually realizing what Mr. Trump really was.

Her Maj' has met most of the U S President's going back to Harry Truman , Lyndon B Johnson being the only exception I can think of .. wonder if she chat's with Prince Phil' over his deviled eggs at breakfast if they have a fav' .. 

QE " Ronald Reagan in Kings Row was quite agreeable was he not Philip and Gerald Ford was jolly good at the Waltz when we visited " 

Prince Phil' " yes Eisenhower liked my jokes and then we had that bloody orange f " ( interrupted by H M )

Q E " Philip enough ! I forbid that person's name be uttered within this Palace evermore .. it upsets the Corgi's " .. 

 

 

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13 hours ago, Jingthing said:

So much for the special relationship innit?

The relationship is with the country and it's people, not some opportunistic, hypocritical, virtue signaling politician who has only been in power for a couple of weeks and who lectures foreign powers about agreements he likely hasn't read.

 

 

41 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

The relationship is with the country and it's people, not some opportunistic, hypocritical, virtue signaling politician who has only been in power for a couple of weeks and who lectures foreign powers about agreements he likely hasn't read.

 

 

I call B.S. 

President Biden became fully president of a nation that still has the biggest economy (not for much longer though) and most powerful military in the world the moment he was inaugurated.

Using the tired phrase virtue signaling is just a cheap lazy right wing trope.

All politicians indeed all people are hypocritical to one degree or another.

I see no evidence that President Biden is more hypocritical than average. 

21 hours ago, J Town said:

On 2/1/2021 at 12:17 PM, Matreusse said:

Trump had more than one meeting with the Queen!

And embarrassed the US every time he went.

Not the point of my comment or the thread but that's just your opinion, I doubt that you represent the entire US.

4 minutes ago, Matreusse said:

You're claiming that you "represent most of the US"?  Really?   I don't think that you represent any of the US except yourself.

MOST people voted for President Biden. I am promoting the idea that most of the US felt embarrassed by 45. I will go further and say the majority of the WORLD felt embarrassed for the US because of 45. I would guess by your response you still feel the need to defend a twice impeached traitor.

 

 

33 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Well there are none so blind as those who will not see.

 

If you consider him a good politician then that's fine, I guess after Bush, Obama and then Trump you guys have set a pretty low bar. He was elected on the basis of not being Donald Trump, you could have stood Kermit the Frog for the Democrats and he'd have won, probably by a larger margin.????

 

But he should remain the US's problem, therefore I would prefer he stayed away from the politics of my country. Ideally I would prefer he stayed away from my country altogether, the sweet benevolent Grandpa act might work with US voters but it won't wash with the more savvy UK populace.

You obviously don't know much about American politics. Many political analysts including amateur me feel that Biden was the only candidate among the large democratic field that could have beat Mr. Trump. He had the right message for these times of historical division.

 

I am picking up that you are kind of a UK isolationist. That's your right but sorry no country is an island in the world. Even North Korea needs China. 

Cheers!!!!

4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

You obviously don't know much about American politics. Many political analysts including amateur me feel that Biden was the only candidate among the large democratic field that could have beat Mr. Trump. He had the right message for these times of historical division.

 

You have any links supporting that? 

 

Or just wild speculation on your part?

With President Biden his innocent gaffes are a feature not a bug. Most people can relate to him better because of showing he is an imperfect human being like they are. The truth is that being super bright and the American Presidency aren't necessarily a good fit.

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Queen Elizabeth to host Biden before G7 summit in June