Joe Biden to meet King Charles and Rishi Sunak in UK visit

US President Joe Biden is to question to the UK to conscionable King Charles and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak aboriginal this month.

It is the archetypal clip the US president volition person met the King since the Coronation successful May.

Mr Biden's overseas diplomatic travel - successful which helium volition besides question to Lithuania and Finland - volition instrumentality spot from 9 to 13 July.

Buckingham Palace confirmed King Charles was owed to conscionable the president astatine Windsor Castle connected Monday, 10 July.

Mr Biden did not be the King's coronation successful May - but his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, and his granddaughter went instead.

His sojourn follows Mr Sunak's two-day travel to Washington successful June, wherever some leaders discussed Ukraine, a post-Brexit system and the pros and cons of Artificial Intelligence.

This month's gathering would "further fortify the adjacent narration betwixt our nations", the White House said.

Downing Street enactment retired a akin statement, saying that Mr Biden's upcoming sojourn "reflects the beardown relationship" betwixt the UK and US.

"The premier curate looks guardant to welcoming President Biden successful the UK aboriginal this month," a No 10 spokesperson said.

"This reflects the beardown narration betwixt the UK and US, gathering connected a bid of bilateral visits and meetings earlier this year.

"We'll acceptable retired further item successful owed course."

Earlier this year, Mr Biden stopped successful Belfast to people the 25th day of the Good Friday Agreement, and concisely met Mr Sunak.

After the UK, the US president volition question to Vilnius successful Lithuania for the Nato summit, which takes spot connected 11 and 12 July.

On his last day, helium volition sojourn Helsinki, Finland for a US-Nordic Leaders Summit, wherever the absorption of the talks is expected to beryllium the Russia-Ukraine war.