The US president and First Lady Jill visited Westminster Hall to pay their respects to the Queen lying in state ahead of her funeral
Mr Biden said it was an honour to meet the Queen and added that the late monarch reminded him of his mother.
Asked why the monarch reminded him of his mother, he said:"Just because of the way she touched when she leaned over. The way she had that look, like, 'are you okay? Anything I can do for you? What do you need?' and then also 'make sure you do what you are supposed to do'."He said:"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.
"I talk about how my mother and father thought that everyone, no matter who they were, no matter what their station, no matter where they were from, deserved to be treated with dignity. And that's exactly what she communicated, just the way she walked by, the way she acted. "I think what she gave is a sense of maybe above all the notion of service. We all owe something. There's something within our capacity to do that can make things, not just the world better, but your neighbourhood better, your household better, your workplace better. That's what she communicated to me anyway and it was an honour to meet her."
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