Jill Biden to Attend King Charles III's Coronation on Behalf of US

First Lady Jill Biden will attend the coronation of King Charles III in London next month, leading the US delegation to the event. President Joe Biden congratulated the monarch in a phone call and expressed his desire to meet with him in the future. The coronation, set for May 6, will be a solemn religious service and an occasion for celebration and pageantry. No previous US president has attended a British monarch's coronation. The last coronation ceremony took place nearly 70 years ago when King Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, was crowned in June 1953.