Next week, President Biden will stop by the UK for a whirlwind 24-hour (if that) visit which will see him conducting meetings with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and stopping by Windsor Castle to meet with King Charles. This will be the first time President Biden and King Charles have seen each other in person since QEII’s state funeral last September. Buckingham Palace wanted President Biden to attend Charles’s coronation, but Biden said “no way, Jose” and sent his wife in his place. The palace seethed about Biden “snubbing” the king and they openly briefed the British media about how Biden was “too old” to travel to the Chubbly. Except that Biden went to Ireland just before the coronation and he had a wonderful time there. The British media and the palace seethed yet again.
So, that’s the backstory – POTUS and the king haven’t seen each other in person since the funeral and this will be Biden’s first visit to the UK since before the coronation (when he only went to Northern Ireland, lol). The White House claimed that Charles had invited Biden for a state visit after the coronation, and at first, that’s what this visit might have been. Except that Biden is basically tacking on a UK stopover before he heads to a NATO Summit in Lithuania, so no, it’s not a “state visit.” President Biden is too Irish to be wined and dined by the royals. Which begs the question – how is the British media reacting to all of this?
In April, the White House was under pressure to explain why President Joe Biden would not be attending the coronation of King Charles III in London. Was it a snub by the famously pro-Irish president? Not at all, said his spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre. The two heads of state had just spoken by phone and the king had invited the president for a state visit very soon.
But when Biden visits London next month it will be a trip shoehorned into a European swing centered around a N.A.T.O. summit. There will be no Buckingham Palace banquet or 82-gun salute as there was four years ago when President Donald Trump was afforded the honor of a full state visit.
DailyMail.com can reveal that no invitation for a state visit was ever extended when Biden spoke with King Charles. Instead, the president is expected to spend less than 24 hours in London before flying on to Vilnius, Lithuania, to meet N.A.T.O. allies. A full state visit would usually last for closer to four days. And need a year of planning, rather than a three-month lead in.
‘There was never an invitation for a state visit,’ said a London source. ‘The point was to try to get away from headlines about Biden snubbing Charles over the coronation, and show that the two had a decent relationship. And the White House managed to mess it up.’
A U.S. official confirmed that Biden would still meet King Charles. In the meantime, British officials have swung into action to tamp down more headlines about Biden snubs and spare the White House more blushes. London’s newspapers have begun describing the trip as a ‘mini state visit.’
But the stripped-down visit will reignite questions about whether Biden is anti-British. During an April trip he spent less than 24 hours in British Northern Ireland, before spending the bulk of his time in the Republic of Ireland. He triggered outrage when he joked that he was visiting to ensure that the Brits did not ‘screw around’ with the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of violence.
They are so f–king salty, it’s basically performance art at this point. “British officials have swung into action to tamp down more headlines about Biden snubs and spare the White House more blushes.” Hey, if Biden is making a point of openly snubbing Britain, I don’t think he cares about “being spared more blushes.” He’s not blushing. He’s not embarrassed to be pro-Irish. His apathy towards the monarchy is on the record and has been for years. Sounds more like the palace and the British government is constantly doing damage control about how often President Biden snubs them. And to be clear, half of the time, Biden isn’t even “snubbing” anyone – he’s just not sycophantic towards Britain or Sunak or King Charles. Biden sees Sunak – and Britain – as a respected strategic partner and nothing more.
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This is funny. The British press will be crying that he only spent 24 hours in the UK. I love it.
Three prime ministers later and still no trade deal with US, perhaps KC will use soft diplomacy. Nope, Camilla will start leaking about Biden manners or breaking wind etc. Another fail
This too is very delicious, “He triggered outrage when he joked that he was visiting to ensure that the Brits did not ‘screw around’ with the Good Friday Agreement… ” oh the BM and BRF are salty AF, LOL.
Taytanish, he may have joked about it, but I tend to think it was also a warning. It’s not the first time that Biden has made it clear that the UK need to keep their hands off of the Good Friday Agreement.
I still don’t get why he is stopping by to see Charles
Nothing makes me feel MORE patriotic than reading British Media shading President Biden. WHEW give me an American flag please. They are delusional. I’m embarrassed for them.
We are not British subjects, ma’am. Calm down.
LOL. All of this. Getting the British press and royal sycophants riled up makes me feel VERY patriotic.
Hard agree, @Abby. Every time the UK is like “Boo on Biden for not bowing down to us,” I’m like, “GO POTUS AND THE USA!!!”
Oh pete’s sake, leave Biden alone. He’s got enough on his agenda without having to kowtow to sensational media’s take on him “snubbing” King Charles. The Ukrainian war continent and possible insurgency within Russia that takes precedence over the royal family’s perceived hurt feelings. Trump went all in for all the pomp and circumstance in rubbing shoulders with royalty while destroying his country back home, but this ain’t my President Biden. Wishing him a successful and safe trip for the NATO Summit.
All of the royal family loathed the graceless, crass Trump, who brought along all his uninvited graceless, crass family and pet sycophants with him to his state visit. He was also upset that the Queen wouldn’t allow him to ride around London in her gold carriage and provide screaming throngs of paid actors. He was annoyed when she wouldn’t knight him, although he does lie and say she did knight him “in private.” None of the younger royals would speak to him or be photographed with him and his classless children. Think it was asking the Queen where she “got” some of “her” more glittery palace baubles (as if she’d bought them and they weren’t priceless artworks handed down through British royalty for hundreds of years) that put the kibosh on any real socializing.
Maybe after that debacle Charles has lost his taste for state visits from the US, no matter who is president. Biden himself obviously doesn’t GAF about Charles either. Reciprocal chilly politeness is probably the best option for both of them.
Charles is so petty and small, and President Biden sees him for who he is. No American president ever attended a British coronation but that didn’t stop KC3 from briefing the media about Biden snubbing him. The fact that Jill Biden was seated in the nosebleed section at Chuck’s crowning was just one more example of his pettiness. KC3 and cronies continue to act so badly (ex: evicting H+M, embracing Andrew, letting Clarkson trash Meghan) is mind boggling.
Those seating arrangements are alphabetical.
The seating arrangements were what Charles approved them to be.
Dearest UK government, King Charles, and the British media – the United States of America doesn’t view the UK as the center of the Universe. We’re just not that into you. So don’t expect our president to scrape and bow and breathlessly yearn for an audience with your unelected head of state.
Thoughtful of the US President to even stop by the UK. They better be grateful instead of being nasty. The new world order has Britain listed as an ally and nothing more. We have enough problems in the US. Britain needs to deal with their own instead of expecting a country of 360m to pay homage to them.
“British officials have swung into action to tamp down more headlines about Biden snubs and spare the White House more blushes. ”
LOL, LOL, LOL. Blushes? Really? The Brits are so salty. They think the world revolves around them. Didn’t 2 World Wars where the Americans had to save their asses show them what the 20th and 21st centuries are about? Their time of world dominance is long gone. They still think they are very special. Too bad. You are second rate.
Lol
You really don’t want to start a conversation about the US involvement on WWII. The US waited until the very last moment to help, millions died because of it.
They sat & watched atrocities. The US aren’t heroes.
Kokiri, the President at the time was keeping a very close eye on what was going on in Britain. There was a real push for peace–carving up Europe to appease Hitler and saving the infrastructure in the UK. There was also the abdicated King who was pushing peace and wanted to use the US President to make that happen. Lot’s going on. Would you enter into a war if the UK may or may not stick to the end?
Are you freaking kidding me with that argument?
May or may not “stick to the end”. End of what?
Fact is, the US arent the global heroes they claim to be. History & current events show clearly that the US was never the “leaders of the free world”.
All you have to do is look to the state of your own country.
Fact is, the US knew darn well what was happening, & using the abdication as a reason to not help millions & millions is a bullshit excuse. But that the US, it’s happening now & will happen again. Go look at Palestine & see how the US still operates.
Kokiri – you sound quite unsophisticated; perhaps you’re also young – convictions of one’s certitude and rectitude frequently accompany that blinkered state. Not surprised to hear you think so little of American’s sacrifice or American lives lost fighting a European war. I offer this link for your further amusement: https://time.com/5371687/nazi-camp-crematorium-builders/
It wasn’t our war
I don’t think a sitting American president has ever gone to a British coronation, have they? Joe ‘fightin’ Irish’ Biden wasn’t going to be the guy to break that tradition and I really don’t think Charles would’ve expected him to. It is just so very strange and out of character for The Daily Mail, the world’s most reasonable and not at all xenophobic or right-wing newspaper, to make a big deal out of nothing. So out of character!
Camilla went around telling everyone that he passed gas in front her. Please, if that didn’t make him blush, this surely won’t. Why would Biden want anything to do with Charles and his trashy wife? They’re both cozy with right-wing tabloid editors and care only about themselves. A fly-by visit is exactly the way to go.
Hmm, a 24 hour stopover, see KCIII and he’s out of there, sounds like Harry’s last trip. I will die if he seen carrying a hanger to the airport in his haste to get away. Also, if KCIII wanted Biden to come for a state visit he wouldn’t have sat Dr Biden in the last row at the coronation.
Seating arrangements after the non Commonwealth countries is alphabetical.
yes and how convenient that this set-in-stone alphabetical order put the United States in the way way back.
Sure, and Harry was in the third row because of alphabetical order too??
Joe doesn’t put up with malarkey! The salty British press can cry all they want but Joe will do as he pleases nothing more.
This dumbfuck king has clearly forgotten there is a WAR in Europe right now and that he’s not an elected politician. Why does England insist on embarrassing themselves constantly?
Ugh, our crazy stalker ex.
LOL!
Miranda, LOL you comment is absolute perfection.
Biden has a lot going on. NATO has the threat of an imminent threat of a Russian initiated nuclear meltdown at Zaporizhzhia going on right now.
Obama did tell them with Brexit it back to the end of the queue, with trade deals.
So they can dance and sing all they want about the special relationship between the U S and Britain all they want, but business is business.
I don’t understand why it’s so important for him to meet Charles anyway – Charles has no political power so what are they going to do? Drink tea and exchange pleasantries? Surely spending time with Sunak and even the Foreign Secretary is a far better use of Biden’s time.
I think Biden having his hand on Charles’ shoulder is a big protocol violation. I’m old enough to remember when a lovely Black lady here in the States hugged the queen while she was visiting and it was a week long story. And we won’t even go into Michelle Obama putting her arm around her. Now here’s Biden all buddy-buddy with Charles. Of course, Biden is white, but he is Irish. The fact is Biden is not easily embarrassed when it comes to dissing the royals. He relishes the chance. No, he ain’t blushing, I’m sure.
The hysteria over that broken protocol was so f–king ridiculous, especially since QEII herself sort of just rolled with it. Whatever else you can say about her, she at least knew how to be a gracious hostess.
(Also, I could swear that I remember reading somewhere that QEII and Prince Philip both genuinely enjoyed the Obamas’ visits, and Barack was even QEII’s favorite POTUS. I might be misremembering that, but if you look at the photos, they do all look more at ease with one another than what you see in photos with other POTUS/First Ladies.)
I love that President-Uncle Joe doesn’t give a sh!t what the British press think of him or what
C & C think. PJB has actual work to do here in the states, Chuck is lucky to get face time.
Joe as a Brit, all I can say is don’t bother. Charlie isn’t worth your time or energy. He’s just a worthless little man who has no idea about anything other than keeping his surrogate mother happy and dodging his eldest sons rages. Stay on your plane, drop him a message in a bottle saying sorry Charlie no time to pop in, BUT you can always come to me if you ever bother to visit your AMERICAN daughter in law and your son maybe you can see your grandchildren as well, because in the US family is everything! Oh and maybe stop being a Conservative party puppet
Charles is getting about as much time from Biden as Willy Boy got from Biden. A quick handshake on the sidewalk with the car running. Good enough.
“British officials have swung into action to tamp down more headlines about Biden snubs and spare the White House more blushes.” That sentence made no sense at all. Charles is the one being “snubbed” so why should the White House blush? The problem with the Royals and their tabloid press is that they still think that the Windsors are above everyone else and meeting them is the greatest honour in the world. They just sound ridiculous, with their heads up their own asses. The sun has set on the British empire a long time ago, and with two such admirable characters like Charles and William, it’s hard to see that the British monarchy will ever fully respected by the rest of the world. They will gradually decline into a soap opera curiosity as this rate.
I read that Britain wants the next NATO commander to be British- that it’s “their turn.” I can’t see continental Europe being enthused about this after Brexit.
And British officials working to tamp down headlines? That’s not how a free press is supposed to work. They tell on themselves all the time.
tamsin, I read somewhere that Biden put a kibosh on that. He doesn’t want a British NATO Commander. I’ve also read that it appears that Germany will end up being the ‘leader’ in Europe. That’s a role that was historically the UK’s. Things have changed greatly and the UK government needs to acknowledge that and move on.
Who TF does Chuckles think he is, feeling entitled to waste POTUS’s time? Biden is busy with a real job and actual responsibilities. He doesn’t need to take time out of that to deal with the inconsequential doddering old fool who knows nothing about how the real world works.
And where is the gratitude to Biden for sending his beloved wife to the Chubbly and taking time out to meet the king’s idiot son in Boston?
In case you missed what the Irish really think of the BRF, please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv7f-oyXIRs
beautifully broken, there were so many gems in that less than 10 minutes. I especially liked the fact that Charles when in one door and the Consort went into the ‘whore’ door. So funny.
😂
Biden had a lot of work to do with NATO when he was first sworn in. Dumpf wanted to get the US out of it and did what damage he could. NATO remembered soon enough why they were formed in the first place when Russia went to war against Ukraine. Now NATO has more countries than before. I think Putin really believed that the countries in NATO were just going to sit and watch again.
The UK made a mistake with exiting the EU for many reasons, but they have to live with the decision made. I think part of the problem is that the relationship between the US and UK has been viewed very differently by each country. Perhaps the UK has continued to think of the US–in some ways–as a colony. Welp, we’re not.
I think the special relationship that the US has is with Canada.
That’s why Trump tried to do as much damage to Canada as he could. Spiteful jealousy because he knew that most Canadians, like most Americans, could see right through him and his lies. How he got elected over Hilary I will never understand.
Citing the over-the-top welcome they gave the former guy is… a choice. I mean, seriously – do they think THAT’S going to make Biden go, “Oh, well, I should DEFINITELY do a state visit, then…”
It’s not just Biden. According to this summer’s actual US traveler numbers to Europe, the UK isn’t even in the top 3 vacation destination for Americans. Many have already gotten sour of that island.
@Kokiri obviously you have never been to Normandy, France where so many locals are still to this day very appreciative of what Americans sacrificed during WW2. And many homes there still fly both US and French flags.
Yeah we’re not perfect but the US still has a lot of influences around the world.
America is classist but shrouds it with education prospectives. I’m English but y’all (did I do that right?) are so wading through the same murky waters.
@Tila the English are much more classist than Americans. Anyone who works hard can still own a beautiful mansion in Montecito (not just HM).