us presidentjoe biden is in london london ahead of nato s annual summit on tuesday. he s been meeting the prime minister, rishi sunak, in downing street and he said that the relationship between the two countries was rock solid . mr biden will meet king charles later at windsor castle. rajini vaidyanathan is at downing street. what came out of the meeting between rishi sunak and president what came out of the meeting between rishi sunak and president biden? the meeting was quite short. it lasted around 45 minutes. the red carpet was on the steps unit downing street, it has been packed away. the massive presidential cars, the armoured beast vehicles, they have all gone. they were packing into the street here number ten. we do not know the redoubt yet, the statements come from both sides, the us and uk, to tell was discussed. as we get a few brief comments from both of the leaders. as you mentioned there, president biden healing that us uk relationship as a rock solid. he sai
just behind me. there is a crowd gathering there. people who live in the town are pretty used to this, to be honest, but there is a crowd behind me gathering waiting to see president biden arrived. this is the first meeting between the two men since the king was crowned in may. president biden did attend queen elizabeth ii s funeral. the president did not attend the coronation, his wife tate. the two men will be meeting just behind me. it is a beautiful sunny day here. an amazing day to be in winter, it is gorgeous. they will be greeted by the welsh guards, you can see them on the screen there. the welsh guard band will be playing for president biden as ceremonial welcome for president biden and king charles. with me is our royal correspondent who is watching proceedings with me. talked me through the welsh guards. they have come back specially for this? back specially for this? that s ri . ht, back specially for this? that s right. they back specially for this? that s rig
Visit. they normally include military parades and state banquets. this is a little bit different. to explain more about this i am joined by royal corresponded daniela relph. what is different about this compared to a proper state visit? there is much shorter, more informal. even though we are seeing something that looks incredibly formal they are full of pomp and pageantry, the band of the welsh guards playing, eyes front, lined up in the parade square ready for the president. this is limited in pomp and pageantry. a short ceremonial welcome. the president will take their royal salute. there will be their royal salute. there will be the american national anthem played. an inspection of troops by both king and president, before they go inside for a short private meeting. being a royal castle they will take tea
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