What Queen Elizabeth refused to let Joe Biden do during tea at Windsor Castle
NY Post
Dr. Jill Biden spilled the tea on her visit with Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle just one year before her death.
The first lady of the United States and President Joe Biden sat down to have private tea with Her Majesty during their 2021 stateside visit. It would become the last time they would meet before the Queen died at Balmoral Castle on Sept. 8, 2022, at age 96.
In Robert Hardman’s new book, “The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy,” the royal biographer spoke with FLOTUS and recounted the historical visit as detailed in an exclusive excerpt obtained by People.
“For the Bidens, a cherished memory would always be tea with the Queen at Windsor Castle in the year before her death,” Hardman, 59, wrote.
Dr. Biden recalled how POTUS tried to help the Queen during the engagement, but the royal, who was always the pillar of proper etiquette, refused.
”We went up to her apartment. And I loved her sense of independence,” Dr. Biden, 72, recalled. “She had a big teapot. And Joe said to her: ‘Here, let me help you.’ The Queen had been quite insistent, however. ‘No, no, no. You sit,’ she told the president. ‘I will serve you.’”
