US first lady Jill Biden met British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty as she visited London to represent the United States at King Charles' coronation
"Have fun tomorrow, I’ll be thinking about all of you," she told children at the school, where students greeted her wearing golden paper crowns and shared a tea-party lunch.
U.S. President Joe Biden has faced some criticism, notably from his predecessor and potential 2024 election rival Donald Trump, for not attending Charles' coronation. But, no U.S. president has ever attended a British monarch's coronation. During the last such event, when Charles' late mother Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1953, then U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower sent a delegation of envoys to represent him.
The White House said last month Biden had told Charles he wanted to meet him in Britain at a future date. Biden visited Northern Ireland and Ireland last month to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace pact.
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