{"id":35842,"date":"2023-05-05T17:11:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T17:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/jill-biden-visits-london\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T17:13:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T17:13:29","slug":"jill-biden-visits-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/jill-biden-visits-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden visits London ahead of King Charles&#8217; coronation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. first lady Jill Biden met British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak&#8217;s wife Akshata Murty on Friday as she visited London to represent the United States at King Charles&#8217; coronation.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting for the first time, Biden and Murty embraced and posed for photos in front of black door of Number 10 Downing Street, behind which lies the prime minister&#8217;s residence and office.<\/p>\n<p>The coronation ceremony takes place on Saturday at Westminster Abbey and will be attended by foreign heads of state and dignitaries.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, 71, also visited a local school along with Murty on Friday afternoon, after which she was scheduled to meet staff at the U.S. embassy and King Charles at a reception in Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Have fun tomorrow, I\u2019ll be thinking about all of you,&#8221; she told children at the school, where students greeted her wearing golden paper crowns and shared a tea-party lunch.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Joe Biden has faced some criticism, notably from his predecessor and potential 2024 election rival Donald Trump, for not attending Charles&#8217; coronation.<\/p>\n<p>But, no U.S. president has ever attended a British monarch&#8217;s coronation. During the last such event, when Charles&#8217; late mother Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1953, then U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower sent a delegation of envoys to represent him.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said last month Biden had told Charles he wanted to meet him in Britain at a future date.<\/p>\n<p>Biden visited Northern Ireland and Ireland last month to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace pact.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar and William James; editing by Sarah Young)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/jill-biden-visits-london\/akshata-murty-meets-with-u-s-first-lady-jill-biden-in-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportDomesticNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ440JZ-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ440JZ-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/jill-biden-visits-london\/akshata-murty-meets-with-u-s-first-lady-jill-biden-in-3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportDomesticNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ440K1-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ440K1-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/jill-biden-visits-london\/akshata-murty-meets-with-u-s-first-lady-jill-biden-in-4\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportDomesticNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ440JY-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ440JY-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/jill-biden-visits-london\/akshata-murty-meets-with-u-s-first-lady-jill-biden-in-5\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportDomesticNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ440EH-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ440EH-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/jill-biden-visits-london\/akshata-murty-meets-with-u-s-first-lady-jill-biden-in-6\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportDomesticNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ440K2-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ440K2-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. first lady Jill Biden met British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak&#8217;s wife Akshata Murty on Friday as she visited London to represent the United States at King Charles&#8217; coronation. 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