US President Joe Biden arrived at Stansted near London on Saturday evening to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Many dignitaries and crowned heads are expected in the British capital and are being kept under high surveillance.
The tenant of the White House and his wife are to go to 7:00pm (Swiss time) on Sunday to meditate in front of the remains of the monarch, who died nine days ago and is to be kept in public view 24 hours a day in London. .
It is unclear whether Westminster Hall will be evacuated to guarantee the security of the US president. When members of the royal family or other heads of state watched, the flow of visitors was unhindered.
Joe Biden will attend a reception for King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Sunday evening.
For the king, the diplomatic ball kicked off on Saturday with a meeting with representatives of 14 other Commonwealth kingdoms, including Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Elizabeth II remains very attached to the system today, thanks to the republican impulses of some members, especially in the Caribbean, thanks to this shift in sovereignty.
State funeral
London is preparing for its first state funeral since the funeral of former prime minister Winston Churchill in 1965. The event attracted prominent guests to the capital, including the US President, his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, and European Commission President Ursula Vaughan. Der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel.
Turkish Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, and Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as ‘MBS’, will also visit the country after ascending the throne in 2019.
Several crowned heads have been invited, such as Prince Albert of Monaco or Spain’s King Felipe VI and his father Juan Carlos I, who abdicated in 2014 and is now in exile in the United Arab Emirates.
Westminster Abbey can accommodate 2,000 people, where the funeral will take place on Monday at 12:00 noon. For the police, the event promises to be more imposing than the 2012 Olympics in London.
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