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The Bidens will be having a royal engagement while in the UK for the G7 summit as the Queen has invited the President and First Lady to Windsor Castle.

Buckingham Palace confirmed the news that the Queen will host Joe and Jill Biden on June 13 after the President’s stay in Cornwall for the meeting with the world leaders, making him the 13th American president the monarch has met face to face since ascending to the throne in 1953.

There have been 14 presidents of the US throughout her reign and the only one the Queen did not meet was Lyndon B Johnson.

It hasn’t been confirmed if any other members of the royal family will meet with the Bidens but it is suspected that the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will also meet them at some point during their stay.

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Joe and Jill Biden will visit the Queen while they’re in the UK Pic: Getty

Joe and Jill Biden sent their condolences to the Queen following the death of her husband, Prince Philip, in April saying that they were keeping the royal family ‘in our hearts during this time’.

President Biden’s royal meeting so soon after he was sworn in is in start contrast to his predecessor, Donald Trump, who wasn’t invited to meet the Queen until he was already in office for two years.

The now infamous meeting took place in 2018 which saw President Trump break royal protocals ona number of occasions during his visit.

The Queen, with then President Trump, will host the Bidens while they are in the UK Pic: PA

At one stage, he forced the Queen to wait between 12 and 15 minutes in the sweltering summer heat for him to arrive and instead of curtseying, he and wife Melania shook her hand.

Not only that, but he also turned his back on the Queen and marched ahead of her as they inspected the guard of honour and when she asked him to move to her left, Trump ignored her and then came to a complete stop in front of her.

The Queen eventually abandoned her efforts to get him to move and eventually just shuffled around him. As a result, he was branded as ‘disrespectful’ for not adhering to the protocals.

Let’s hope President Biden’s visit is slightly less eventful that his predecessor’s.