World leaders arrive for Buckingham Palace reception

LONDON(Reuters)1. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN, AND FIRST LADY DR. JILL BIDEN ARRIVING, BEING GREETED 2. FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, AND HIS WIFE, BRIGITTE MACRON, ARRIVING 3. BAHRAIN’S KING, HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, ARRIVING 4. CROWN PRINCE OF KUWAIT, SHEIKH MESHAL AL-AHMAD AL-SABAH, ARRIVING 5. CAR PULLING IN / OMAN’S SULTAN, HAITHAM BIN TARIQ, ARRIVING 6. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, LIZ TRUSS, AND HER HUSBAND, HUGH O’LEARY, ARRIVING 7. ISRAELI PRESIDENT, ISAAC HERZOG, ARRIVING 8. DUBAI RULER, SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID, ARRIVING 9. QATAR’S AMIR SHEIKH TAMIM BIN HAMAD AL-THANI ARRIVING LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 18, 2022) (ROYAL POOL – No use UK) 10. KING ABDULLAH BIN AL HUSSEIN AND QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN ARRIVING 11. BUS CARRYING INTERNATIONAL DIGNITARIES PULLING UP 12. VARIOUS OF DIGNITARIES WALKING INTO PALACE 13. JUAN CARLOS, FORMER KING OF SPAIN, HIS WIFE QUEEN SOFIA ARRIVING WITH OTHER DIGNITARIES 14. DIGNITARIES ARRIVING STORY: A host of world leaders assembled at Buckingham Palace on Sunday (September 18) for a reception ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth on Monday. While some attendees arrived in private motorcades, many dignitaries arrived on a fleet of black-windowed buses. The reception at Buckingham Palace was hosted by King Charles on the eve of a grand state funeral for the late Queen. The gathering of world leaders and top dignitaries for the funeral was described by London’s Metropolitan Police as the biggest security operation it has ever handled.