US President Joe Biden on Saturday headed to London to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, IgbereTV reports
The state funeral, the first in Britain since the death of Winston Churchill in 1965, will take place Monday at Westminster Abbey in London at 11:00 am (1000 GMT).
Biden will be among several hundred leaders from around the world attending the somber and historic event, along with some 2,000 other guests.
While the leaders of the European Union, France, Japan and many other countries will attend, those of Russia, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Syria and North Korea were not invited.
On Sunday, Biden will attend a reception organized by King Charles III, the White House announced. The two men spoke by phone on Wednesday, with Biden vowing to preserve the “special relationship” between their countries
