Biden says: Queen Elizabeth reminded me of my mother

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said Britain’s Queen Elizabeth reminded him of his mother and that she had asked about Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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U.S. President Biden and first lady meet Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle

After tea with the 95-year-old British monarch at Windsor Castle, Biden told reporters: “I don’t think she’d be insulted but she reminded me of my mother, the look of her and just the generosity.”

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“She wanted to know what the two leaders that I – the one I’m about to meet with, Mr Putin, and she wanted to know about Xi Jinping,” Biden said.

(Reporting by Steve Holland; writing by Michael Holden; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)