with plans to pardon nine jailed catalan separatists. right—wing parties backed the demonstration. they accuse the minority socialist—led government of pursuing the plan to shore up political support at a national level, with groups that seek to undermine spanish unity and sovereignty. the socialists deny this, saying pardons would help calm tensions in catalonia to better aid dialogue. the catalan separatist leaders were found guilty of sedition two years ago, linked to their role in a failed independence bid in 2017. it is nearly 70 years since the queen first met a serving us president, and today she welcomed joe biden for tea at windsor castle. he�*d travelled from the g7 summit in cornwall, as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. dropping in for tea. how very british. president biden�*s helicopter brought him to a windsor castle geared up for a vip visit. stand still!