no one has met more of them than the queen. president biden is the 13th she has greeted. the guard of honour was inspected, and then the president and first lady went inside for tea with the queen. a moment of hospitality between two heads of state, simple enough in itself, but with a particular significance, underlining the bonds between long standing allies. later, president biden told us reporters that the queen had reminded him of his mother. he said that among other things they talked about president putin of russia and president xi of china. nicholas witchell, bbc news. there we are. there is more on all ofjoe biden s itinerary on the website. he is in brussels
hello and welcome. donald trump made it known that he didn t much like angela merkel and the feeling was mutual. the relationship between berlin and washington had withstood all manner of disagreements during her 15 years in power, but president trump s increasingly hostile exchanges with the german chancellor over nato contributions, trade, multilateralism left the relationship in dire need of repair. it comes as no real surprise then that the first european leader through the door ofjoe biden s white house is angela merkel. it is her last visit to washington before she departs the job in september. and it is seen as a precious opportunity to return some stability and trust to the trans atlantic relationship. in the next 15 minutes