Prince Harry and Jill Biden: why the unlikely friendship between the British royal and America’s new first lady once made Joe Biden joke about being jealous
But Queen Elizabeth isn’t the only one who apparently gets along with the newest White House residents. Over the years, Prince Harry and first lady Dr Jill Biden have kept up an unlikely friendship. Here’s what you need to know.
Their first meeting
The Invictus Games
Jill and Harry struck up such a rapport that, in 2014, she flew to London for his inaugural Invictus Games. And it wasn’t the only time she backed his event. Harry took the Games to Orlando, Florida, in 2016 and was spotted watching wheelchair basketball with the then-second lady of the United States.
Then-Vice-President Joe Biden noticed too, joking: “Jill went to London for the last Games. She spent too much damn time with Prince Harry!” He later told The Guardian: “I read in The Guardian, or one of them, and it says – I’m paraphrasing – everywhere Prince Harry went, he had this blonde woman on his arm. The vice-president’s wife! I’m a little worried here, you know what I mean?”
Jill and Harry reunited in 2017 when the games were hosted in Toronto, Canada. The same event is where the prince stepped out publicly with his new American girlfriend Meghan Markle for the first time.
The election speech
The inauguration
While we’ll probably never know if the royals had a hand in Joe’s election success, it’s clear they’re still tight. Eagle-eyed viewers spotted a picture of Prince Harry during the inauguration festivities in January. When the Bidens laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, Harry’s image was in the background. The prince was pictured in his army uniform from his visit in 2013.
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- Jill Biden supported Prince Harry’s Invictus Games – inspired by the US Army’s Warrior Games – and even Joe Biden joked about how much they hung out
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle encouraged Americans to vote in the 2020 election, and a photo of the Duke of Sussex was spotted at the inauguration