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Biden to Skip King Charles’ Coronation as He Is ‘Too Old’ to Travel Too Much

April 2,2023

Tom Sykes, Tim Teeman

Sun, April 2, 2023, 8:38 AM EDT·7 min read

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Jill Biden

American educator and First Lady of the United States

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

Dwight D. Eisenhower

President of the United States from 1953 to 1961

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

Member of the British royal family and former actress

Charles, Prince of Wales

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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Joe Biden: Coronation no-show

U.S. President Joe Biden will not attend the coronation of King Charles next month, according to the Telegraph, which claims there are concerns he is too old to travel across the Atlantic twice in a month, and wants instead to prioritize an April 11 trip to Northern Ireland.

Biden is “not expected” to join dozens of heads of state for the event, sources told the paper, and will send a delegation featuring “high-profile representatives” in his place. First Lady Jill Biden may go, with her husband reportedly keen to avoid any sense the event is being snubbed.

Sources close to Biden insisted to the Telegraph that his relationship with Charles was “strong,” and may make time to meet him when he visits Northern Ireland.

President Dwight Eisenhower did not attend Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953. Historically it was considered diplomatic not to send a figure who would overshadow the monarch being crowned.

A source described as “close to discussions on his attendance of the coronation” said: “The guy is 80. They space out his big bursts of activity quite considerably. They did that too with Trump, and he was younger. When Biden does something like the State of the Union address, we didn’t see much from him in the following 48 hours. They don’t like to push him around the world too much.”

Which is all very reasonable… but still feels like a snub.

https://news.yahoo.com/biden-skip-king-charles-coronation-123858204.html