Joe Biden not prone to attend King Charles’ coronation ceremony

In response to stories, United States President Joe Biden has declined the invitation for attending King Charles III’s coronation ceremony.  US president Biden is “not anticipated” to go to the UK for attending the coronation, reported The Telegraph quoting sources who claimed {that a} delegation will probably be despatched to the ceremony in his place. 

The stories recommended that US First Girl Jill Biden will in all probability attend the ceremony with out her husband. 

British ambassador to the US and Buckingham Palace Karen Pierce held “cordial and diplomatic” talks with the White Home relating to the coronation, claimed the report however Biden’s aides knowledgeable the Palace that the president had prior commitments. 

Nonetheless, the report claimed that there “should be some efforts underway to see if Biden may be persuaded to come back to the Coronation”, whereas one other said that his plan was “not locked and loaded”.

Joe Biden visited the UK, alongside together with his spouse in September, to hitch world leaders in paying their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey. 

Celebrities who’re prone to attend the coronation ceremony embody David Beckham and his spouse Victoria Beckham, who had been additionally current on the funeral of the Queen, musician Gregory Charles, former Gray’s Anatomy star Sandra Oh and Olympic gold medallist swimmer Mark Tewksbury.  

The confusion over the attendance of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on the coronation ceremony nonetheless looms. Nonetheless, the couple had obtained the invitation.  

The president is prone to go to Northern Eire in April to attend an occasion celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of the Good Friday Settlement and is believed to be making ready to run for the 2024 presidential elections. 

Biden’s aide, reacting on his absence within the ceremony, stated that his relationship with the King was “sturdy”, and each Washington and London have tried to minimize something suggesting that their “particular relationship” is threatened. 

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Biden could meet the King throughout his go to to Northern Eire on April 11. 

Nonetheless, Conservative MP Bob Seely, reacting to the White Home’s choice, stated, “It appears fairly remiss, and I’m tempted to say extra idiot him for not coming. This can be a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, and you’ll have thought he ought to come as a result of he’s a head of state. If I used to be the President of the USA, I might come to the Coronation of the King of England – there’s no two methods about it. It simply appears to be a silly choice.”

(With inputs from companies)

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