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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will be only U.S. delegates in attendance next Monday at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, according to new reports.
On Monday, CBS News' senior White House & political correspondent Ed O'Keefe wrote on Twitter, "NEW: @POTUS Biden and @FLOTUS Biden will be the only Americans in the official U.S. delegation to the funeral for #QueenElizabethII, a senior White House official tells me." O'Keefe added, "'There will be no delegation because we have only two seats for the funeral,' the senior official says."
In the past, there have been sitting presidents in attendance for significant historical events such as this, in addition to former presidents. But the Bidens will be the only two representing the United States, and are traveling to the U.K. Saturday. There is expected to be a formal welcoming reception on Sunday hosted by King Charles III and the royal family for dignitaries, per CBS News.
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The Queen's state funeral will be held on Monday, Sept. 19.
On Thursday, the president and first lady went to the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., to pay tribute to the Queen and sign her condolence book.
"We mourn for all of you," Biden said at the embassy. "She was a great lady. I'm so delighted I got to meet her."
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In an official statement on Thursday, Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth "died peacefully" while at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
On Sunday, the coffin bearing the Queen began a nine-day farewell journey to her final resting place in Windsor, where she will be buried alongside her parents and her husband, Prince Philip.
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On Monday, the Queen's coffin is expected to pass along Edinburgh's Royal Mile to St Giles' Cathedral.
In London, King Charles will likely hear both Houses of Parliament express their condolences. He and Queen Consort Camilla are then scheduled to depart for a tour of the four nations of the United Kingdom.
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