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President Joe Biden announced Friday that he will attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, whose schedule and British authorities have not yet announced protocol.
Asked by the press if he would go to the funeral, Biden replied: “Yes. I don’t know what the details are yet, but I will be going.”
The president also said he has not yet spoken on the phone with King Charles III, 73 years old and firstborn of Elizabeth II, who headed to the country on Friday after his mother died Thursday at age 96.
“I know him, I haven’t spoken to him, I haven’t called him yet,” Biden merely said after an event in Ohio.
More than a monarch
Biden and First Lady Jill visited the British Embassy in Washington yesterday to offer their condolences and, in a joint statement, remembered Elizabeth II as more than a monarch and someone who “defined an era,” helping to strengthen the relationship between Washington and London.
According to the British press, the day of the funeral is likely to be Monday, September 19, will be televised and could be declared a non-working day in the UK. It is expected that leaders from all over the world will attend.
The longest reigning monarch in the history of the United Kingdom died on Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at the age of 96, after seven decades of reign.
This article is part of an agreement between El American and El Nacional.
