Biden said Queen Elizabeth reminded him of his mother
- President Joe Biden spoke fondly of the Queen after his tea session with her at Windsor Castle.
- He told reporters she was "very generous" and reminded him of his mother.
- Biden is the 13th sitting US president whom the Queen has met during her reign.
President Joe Biden spoke fondly about Queen Elizabeth II after a private tea session with her at Windsor Castle, saying she reminded him of his mother.
"We had a long talk, and she was very generous. I don't think she'd be insulted, but she reminded me of my mother in terms of the look of her and just the generosity," Biden said, speaking with a pool of reporters before boarding Air Force One for Brussels.
Biden and the first lady, Jill Biden, were invited to Windsor Castle, the Queen's royal residence just 20 miles from London, after a three-day G7 summit in the English county of Cornwall. She met with the Bidens on Sunday in the quadrangle of the castle, where the couple was treated to a royal salute by the Queen's Company 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.
Biden said the Queen asked him about several other world leaders over tea.
"She wanted to know what the two leaders that I - the one I'm about to meet with, Mr. Putin - and she wanted to know about Xi Jinping," Biden added, referring to his coming meeting Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Biden told reporters he invited the Queen to the White House, though he did not say whether she agreed to visit stateside.
Per a Guardian report, Biden and the Queen previously met in 1982 when he was still a senator.
The Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William, and the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, met the Bidens and other world leaders during the G7 summit reception on Friday.
The Queen has met 13 serving US presidents during her 69-year reign. The only president the monarch did not meet was Lyndon B. Johnson, who instead met her sister, Princess Margaret, in 1965.