Biden, other VIPs lie low as spotlight stays on late Queen

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — American presidents usually make a splash when they travel abroad, holding the spotlight and quickly becoming the center of attention. Not this time. For U.S. President Joe Biden and other presidents, prime ministers and dignitaries, there were no red-carpet arrivals, no big speeches and no news conference as they gathered for Monday’s state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II. Instead, world leaders used to people hanging on their every word checked their egos in the service of honoring the queen. Biden and first lady Jill Biden were among 2,000 people attending the funeral at Westminster Abbey. Britain’s longest-serving monarch died earlier this month after 70 years on the throne.