Why King Charles didn't give 'full royal treatment' to President Biden during 'mini visit': experts
foxnews.comPresident Joe Biden and King Charles III met on Monday, but the royal family kept it casual. The king didn't give Biden the "full Royal treatment" because it wasn't an official state visit, royal commentators and experts explained to Fox News Digital.
Biden stopped by the United Kingdom for a quick meeting ahead of his appearance at the NATO summit. The United States president was in the U.K.
for less than 24 hours before heading to Lithuania. Biden and King Charles' meeting was a "show of shared strength" between the two countries, according to Shannon Felton Spence, royal expert anddirector of global communications at Harvard’s Belfer Center. "However, it’s not an official state visit, which is more formal and comes at the invitation of the head of state – which is the king," Spence explained. "The difference comes down to the protocol.
It means that the king doesn’t provide the level of hospitality that he would on a state visit.The president is not the king’s guest on this trip.The president and the king are meeting today as two government officials and friends in order to discuss important matters.The king isn’t giving POTUS the full oryal treatment that he will on a state visit." Because it was not an official state visit, Queen Camilla and Kate Middleton did not sport their famous tiaras.
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