Biden will not travel with a delegation to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral

The White House announced Sunday that Biden had formally accepted the invitation and would be accompanied by the first lady.

Previous state funerals, such as that of former South African President Nelson Mandela, have allowed the sitting president to bring a delegation of officials to the event.

The Queen’s state funeral will take place on September 19 at Westminster Abbey, and she will lie in state at Westminster Hall from Wednesday, Buckingham Palace announced on Saturday. The Queen’s coffin arrived at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on Sunday, after a six-hour journey from Balmoral Castle to the Scottish capital. Britain’s longest-serving monarch died on Thursday at the age of 96 at her Scottish estate in Balmoral.

CNN’s Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Sana Noor Haq contributed to this report.

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