Well, it appears that President Biden won’t have to wring his hands over who would accompany him and his wife to Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral in a few days.
The royal family invited only the Bidens, meaning that the president and first lady will travel to the United Kingdom by themselves to attend Her Majesty’s funeral.
There had been some chatter over whether Biden would invite any or all of his presidential predecessors to the funeral. I had argued that Biden should invite Donald Trump, even though his immediate predecessor has a ton of baggage that might preclude his accepting an invitation. You know what I’m talking about.
That won’t happen. It’s just the current POTUS and the first lady. Biden has accepted the invitation formally.
That’s that. The president won’t be losing any sleep … at least not over this matter.