“I am delighted to have met her”

Sep. 9 () –

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has signed this Thursday afternoon a dedication to fire Queen Elizabeth II in a book of condolences made available to the British Embassy in Washington.

“We cry for all of you. She was a great lady, I am delighted to have met her,” Biden wrote in the note after depositing his signature in the book of condolences, according to a White House statement.

The first lady, Jill Biden, has expressed to the British ambassador, Dame Karen Pierce, her sorrow over the death of the British consort. “Our hearts go out to you,” she has told her.

The British ambassador in Washington, for her part, thanked the Bidens for their surprise visit to the Embassy to pay tribute to Elizabeth II.

“I am honored that the President of the United States and the First Lady have been the first to sign Her Majesty The Queen’s book of condolences. Thank you for your typically generous words and warm regards to Her Majesty,” Pierce said in his statement. twitter account.

After the signing, the American president spoke with the staff of the Embassy of the United Kingdom, to whom he reminded them of some of his personal anecdotes with the Queen of England.