Joe Biden Will Meet Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on U.K. Visit

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Jack Royston is Newsweek's Chief Royal Correspondent based in London, U.K. He reports on the British royal family—including King Charles III, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—and hosts The Royal Report podcast. Jack joined Newsweek in 2020; he previously worked at The Sun, INS News and the Harrow Times. Jack has also appeared as a royal expert on CNN, MSNBC, Fox, ITV and commentated on King Charles III's coronation for Sky News. He reported on Prince Harry and Meghan's royal wedding from inside Windsor Castle. He graduated from the University of East Anglia. Languages: English. You can find him on Twitter at @jack_royston and his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page. You can get in touch with Jack by emailing j.royston@newsweek.com.

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Joe Biden will have his first meeting with Queen Elizabeth II since becoming president at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace confirmed.

The President and first lady Jill Biden will visit the historic royal landmark—also the scene of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding—on June 13.

The meeting will take place on his last day in the U.K. for the G7 summit in Cornwall, from June 11 to June 13.

He then flies to Brussels, in Belgium, for a NATO summit the following day.

He will then meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland on June 16 during his first official overseas tour since entering the White House.

A Buckingham Palace statement read: "The Queen will meet the President of the United States of America and First Lady Jill Biden at Windsor Castle on Sunday, 13th June 2021."

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US President Joe Biden makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland for Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 1, 2021. He will meet Queen Elizabeth II at... MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

Elizabeth has based herself at Windsor Castle during the pandemic, self-isolating for much of the last year with a scaled-down staff.

Windsor Castle's St George's Chapel was the venue for both Prince Philip's funeral in April and, in May 2018, Prince Harry and Meghan's wedding.

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Jack Royston is Newsweek's Chief Royal Correspondent based in London, U.K. He reports on the British royal family—including King Charles III, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—and hosts The Royal Report podcast. Jack joined Newsweek in 2020; he previously worked at The Sun, INS News and the Harrow Times. Jack has also appeared as a royal expert on CNN, MSNBC, Fox, ITV and commentated on King Charles III's coronation for Sky News. He reported on Prince Harry and Meghan's royal wedding from inside Windsor Castle. He graduated from the University of East Anglia. Languages: English. You can find him on Twitter at @jack_royston and his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page. You can get in touch with Jack by emailing j.royston@newsweek.com.

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