/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/DXSQDIPISNMRPDOE5RVRIIJDVU.jpg "<div>Bidens head to London for Queen Elizabeth's funeral</div>")
There are no former US presidents who are taking part in the funeral of Queen Elizabeth.
The Bidens were the only ones invited to the funeral, according to the White House.
The death of the queen shook the United Kingdom and the world.
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She had met several U.S. presidents in the past, including Donald Trump. When she was still a princess, she met Harry Truman, who was the 13th American president.
The Bidens are going to arrive in London on Saturday night.
The British Prime Minister will not be meeting with Biden in London on Sunday.
The Bidens are going to pay respects to the dead monarch. Afterwards, they will attend a reception hosted by the king.
More than 100 presidents and heads of government are expected to attend the state funeral.
The queen reminded Biden of his mother. The president lost his son to cancer in 2015, and his wife and daughter to a car accident decades ago.
After the funeral, the president and his wife will go back to Washington.
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The reporting was done by Jeff Mason, additional reporting was done byAndrea Shalal.
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