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That’s why Joe Biden and Jill Biden sat way back at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral

The funeral of Queen Elizabeth e several royalty and officials from around the world gathered to say goodbye to the queen.

Afterward, several people wondered why President Joe Biden (79) and First Lady Jill Biden (71) sat so far behind during the ceremony, which was attended by over 2,000 people.

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But now the Americans can Time reveal the reason for the placement.

The reason for the seats is simply due to the actual protocol.

The protocol states that British royal, former and current prime ministers and leaders of Commonwealth countries, who still have the British monarch as their supreme leader, must sit first.

Joe and Jill Biden therefore had to settle for seats in row 14.

The presidential couple sat behind the President of Poland and in front of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. The President of Switzerland sat next to the First Lady of the United States.

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Trump gets mad

Former US President Donald Trump (76) took the opportunity to mock Biden, he writes News week.

In a post on his social media platform “Truth Social”, Trump suggested he would be featured if he were still president.

– This is what happened to America in just two years. No respect! But a good time for our president to get to know the leaders of some third world countries. If I had been president, they wouldn’t have put me there.

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But according to protocol, the president of the United States, whoever he was at the time of the queen’s death, would have had the same post.

He received special treatment

Although the seats weren’t the best for the presidential couple, some exceptions to royal protocol were still granted.

The protocol prohibited guests from taking private flights to London and using foreign or government vehicles.

A LAST GOODBYE: Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin is lowered into St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. Video: Reuters.
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While the rest of the world leaders arrived at the funeral together by bus, Biden was granted permission to use the president’s armored limousine, also called “The Beast,” which had been flown from the United States for the occasion.

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