9/19/2022
The funeral will be attended by around 500 foreign dignitaries, representing nearly 200 countries and territories. Leaders from the Middle East are among the 2,000 guests attending Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday at Westminster Abbey.
Footage showed Sultan Haitham of Oman arriving at the palace. The Saudi royal family was also represented.
Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah El Sisi, said he will be among the mourners.
King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan and the Crown Prince of Bahrain were seen arriving at the abbey. Also in London was Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, who met King Charles on Sunday evening at a Buckingham Palace reception.
Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim, joined the gathering. Also in London during the obsequies have been Bahraini King Hamad and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad, and the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived at Westminster Abbey to take his place on Monday morning after signing the book of condolence over the weekend.
King Charles welcomed world leaders to Buckingham Palace on Sunday ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, as US President Joe Biden paid a final tribute to the late monarch.
Biden crossed himself and put his hand on his heart while he stood with his wife Jill on a gallery overlooking the flag-draped casket in London’s cavernous Westminster Hall.
“To all the people of England, all the people of the United Kingdom, our hearts go out to you, and you were fortunate to have had her for 70 years, we all were. The world’s better for her,” Biden said after signing a book of condolences.
The US president then headed to Buckingham palace for a reception hosted by Charles for the dozens of leaders from Japan’s reclusive Emperor Naruhito to France’s Emmanuel Macron attending the funeral.
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