i think the longevity of the queen s reign is key here. she was an elder stateswoman for us. and i think prince william summed it up when he said he was learning from the people he had spoken to on walk about this week is that she was everyone s grandmother. she was head of state. she was head of nation. she was head of the royal family. but we all felt she was almost our own as well. one thing that we will see tomorrow is we ll see prince andrew and prince harry in military dress. however, both of them have been stripped of their titles, you know, obviously, for vastly different reasons. i am wondering what the significance that have is. reporter: we actually saw the duke of york, prince andrew, last night in his uniform vice admiral of the royal navy. that was a title he has held on to. and so he was given special dispensation to do that as a last farewell to the queen. we are going to see the same
president biden has been honoring the queen. reporter: one mark of respect has been lowering the flags here at the white house to half staff as they did earlier today, not just here but in all federal buildings. that s something they re going to do until her burial. that is something that came right before he went to the british embassy where as he was signing that condolence book, he had brought this card with him. it s a card you see president biden carrying that has his talking points or short remarks that he was making. he was copying from it in the book this private message. we don t know exactly what he said, but we do know that president biden first met the queen back in then 1982 when hea senator from delaware and went on a congressional trip to england. he last saw her last year when the world summit of global leaders wars hosted there and the queen hosted a private tea for president biden and jill biden. they talked about putin at that meeting. they also talked about chines
and authority on the world stage. she was dubbed by one of her biographers as queen of the world , visiting hundreds of countries throughout her reign. she was monarch of 15 separate realms, the head of a commonwealth of some of 56 nations. so there was no surprise that news of the queen s death made headlines around the world. tonight, at the white house, the flags were at half mast. throughout her reign, the queen was a living embodiment of the trans atlantic relationship, meeting no fewer than 12 us presidents. in a statement, president biden described her as a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy .
the u.s. response. kevin , good morning. morning. trace more than a monarch, she defined an era. that s how president biden is remembering her majesty the queen elizabeth . the second tonight, the president and the first lady, as you pointed out, signing a condolence card at the british embassy right here in washington, d.c. thursday night. mourn for you was a great day for so delighted. got to meet your fourteen presidents served during a reign and she met all of them except for lbj. the president calling her a stateswoman of unmatched dignity, who deepened the bedrock alliance between our two nations. and i don t think she is all of it. must you find me, my mother, in terms of the look of her? just the generosity ever, the picture of dignity, her humor on occasion was on display, in fact, during this visit to the white house
vladimir putin who met the queen in more peaceful times offered his condolences, saying she d enjoyed the love and respect of her subjects, and authority on the world stage. she was dubbed by one of her biographers as queen of the world visiting hundreds of countries throughout her reign. she was monarch of 15 separate realms, the head of a commonwealth of some 56 nations. so there was no surprise that news of the queen s death made headlines around the world. last night at the white house, the flags were at half mast. throughout her reign, the queen was a living embodiment of the transatlantic relationship meeting no fewer than 12 us presidents. in a statement, president biden described her as a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy. barack obama said she had reigned