Joe and Jill Biden have tea with Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle after G7 summit

The 95-year-old British monarch, wearing a bright pink floral outfit, greeted the Bidens in the Quadrangle of the castle

At Heathrow Airport following the visit, Biden said the queen had asked him about China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth walks with US President Joe Biden during his visit to Windsor Castle, near London on Sunday. Photo: AP

Published: 1:35am, 14 Jun 2021Updated: 3:47am, 14 Jun 2021

US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill had tea with Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle on Sunday at the end of a G7 summit and as he wraps up the British leg of his first international trip since taking office.

The 95-year-old British monarch, wearing a bright pink floral outfit, greeted the Bidens in the quadrangle of the castle, home to the royal family for nearly 1,000 years and where she has spent much of her time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

Giving the US president and first lady a taste of British pomp on their arrival, a Guard of Honour formed of The Queen’s Company First Battalion Grenadier Guards gave a royal salute, and the US national anthem was played.

Soldiers of the queen’s Company First Battalion Grenadier Guards in the quadrangle of Windsor Castle in England on Sunday. Photo: AP

The president and queen looked relaxed and chatted before they headed inside the castle for a private meeting.

The queen had already met the Bidens on their visit to Britain. She hosted a reception for leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations and their spouses on Friday night in the southwestern English county of Cornwall where the three-day summit was held.

The Bidens emerged from the castle just shy of having spent a full hour with the queen and boarded the helicopter for the return trip to London.

At Heathrow Airport, Biden talked about the queen, saying she was “very gracious,” that she asked him about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping and that he had invited her to visit the White House.

“I don’t think she’ll be insulted, but she reminded me of my mother,” Biden said before he boarded Air Force One for his next stop, Brussels.