Agencies
Washington, September 09:
Biden ordered flags at the White House and other federal buildings to be lowered to half-staff, and also visited the British embassy in Washington to sign a condolence book for the queen.
“Queen Elizabeth II was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States,” Biden and First Lady Jill Biden said in a statement. “She helped make our relationship special.”
At the embassy, Biden told staff the late queen was “a great lady” and that he was “so delighted I got to meet her.”
Biden, 79, noted deep ties between the monarch and the United States, a former British colony.
“She stood in solidarity with the United States during our darkest days after 9/11, when she poignantly reminded us that ‘Grief is the price we pay for love,’” Biden said in his statement.
