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Posted: 2023-04-04T22:18:46Z | Updated: 2023-04-04T22:18:46Z Jill Biden Will Represent US At King Charles III Coronation | HuffPost

Jill Biden Will Represent US At King Charles III Coronation

President Joe Biden told the royal that the First Lady would be attending next month's ceremony during a call on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden will represent the U.S. at the coronation  of King Charles III next month , President Joe Biden told the royal during a Tuesday call, the White House said.

Biden said he looked forward to meeting with the king in the U.K. “at a future date,” the White House said, and that his wife “looks forward to attending on behalf of the United States.”

The White House said the pair also discussed the “strength of the relationship between our countries and the friendship between our peoples.”

The president and the first lady jointly attended  last year’s funeral in London for Elizabeth II . No sitting U.S. president has ever attended a British royal coronation.

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Jill Biden's Style Evolution
1987(01 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden at a fundraiser in Chicago on May 11, 1987. (credit:Mark Reinstein / MediaPunch/MediaPunch/IPx)
1987(02 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden after the former announced his first candidacy for president in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 1987. (credit:Mark Reinstein / MediaPunch/MediaPunch/IPx)
1988(03 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden with their daughter Ashley outside of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 1988. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1994(04 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden in 1994. (credit:JAMES M. KELLY/MediaPunch/IPx)
2008(05 of29)
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Jill Biden and Michelle Obama at a rally in Springfield, Illinois, on Aug. 23, 2008. (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
2008(06 of29)
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Michelle Obama and Jill Biden at their election night victory rally in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2008. (credit:JEWEL SAMAD via Getty Images)
2009(07 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden at Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2009. (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
2009(08 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden at the Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2009. (credit:MCT via Getty Images)
2009(09 of29)
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Jill Biden at the championship round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2009. (credit:Bill Clark via Getty Images)
2010(10 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden arrive in Amman, Jordan, on March 11, 2010. (credit:Salah Malkawi via Getty Images)
2010(11 of29)
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit with Joe, Jill and Ashley Biden at the Sharm El Sheikh Airport on June 6, 2010. (credit:KHALED DESOUKI via Getty Images)
2011(12 of29)
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Jill Biden at a Mother's Day event at the White House on May 6, 2011. (credit:Alex Wong via Getty Images)
2012(13 of29)
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Jill Biden, Joe Biden and British Foreign Secretary William Hague at the White House on March 14, 2012. (credit:MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images)
2012(14 of29)
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Michelle Obama and Jill Biden at an event announcing a new report about military spouse employment in Arlington, Virginia, on Feb. 15, 2012. (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
2012(15 of29)
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Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden and Jill Biden during a campaign event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Sept. 7, 2012. (credit:SAUL LOEB via Getty Images)
2013(16 of29)
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Jill Biden at Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2013. (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
2013(17 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden attend the Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2013. (credit:Michael Kovac via Getty Images)
2013(18 of29)
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Jill Biden visits Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Nov. 18, 2013. (credit:Vallery Jean via Getty Images)
2014(19 of29)
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Jill Biden and Michelle Obama at the Fort Campbell Veterans Jobs Summit and Career Forum in Clarksville, Tennessee, on April 23, 2014. (credit:Jason Davis via Getty Images)
2015(20 of29)
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Prince Harry, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden at the USO Warrior and Family Center in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on Oct. 28, 2015. (credit:SAUL LOEB via Getty Images)
2015(21 of29)
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Jill Biden in New York City on Sept, 18, 2015. (credit:Josiah Kamau via Getty Images)
2016(22 of29)
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Jill Biden speaks at the closing ceremony for the Invictus Games in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on May 12, 2016. (credit:Chris Jackson via Getty Images)
2016(23 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden appear on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in New York City on Oct. 12, 2016. (credit:NBC via Getty Images)
2019(24 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden during an interview with Robin Roberts on "Good Morning America" in Pittsburgh on April 30, 2019. (credit:Lorenzo Bevilaqua via Getty Images)
2020(25 of29)
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Jill Biden at a campaign event in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 2. (credit:JOSHUA LOTT via Getty Images)
2020(26 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden in Cleveland on March 10. (credit:MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images)
2020(27 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden vote in Delaware's primary election on Sept. 14. (credit:Drew Angerer via Getty Images)
2020(28 of29)
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Joe and Jill Biden at the Democratic presidential debate in Cleveland on Sept. 29. (credit:Scott Olson via Getty Images)
2020(29 of29)
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Jill Biden at a Women for Biden drive-in rally in Boca Raton, Florida, on Oct. 5. (credit:Johnny Louis via Getty Images)