• US President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. Getty Images
    US President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. Getty Images
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    US President Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden disembark from Airforce One at Heathrow, west of London. AFP
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    Britain's Queen Elizabeth II waits to greet US President Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden in Windsor, west of London. AFP
  • US President Joe Biden takes a salute from a Guard of Honour after arriving with First Lady Jill Biden to meet Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Reuters
    US President Joe Biden takes a salute from a Guard of Honour after arriving with First Lady Jill Biden to meet Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Reuters
  • US First Lady Jill Biden and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II stand in front of members of the Royal Guard at Windsor Castle. Reuters
    US First Lady Jill Biden and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II stand in front of members of the Royal Guard at Windsor Castle. Reuters
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    Queen Elizabeth II speaks to US First Lady Jill Biden while US President Joe Biden looks on as they watch a Guard of Honour march past before their meeting at Windsor Castle. Getty Images
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    US President Joe Biden walks in front of members of the Royal Guard at Windsor Castle. Reuters
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    US President Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden leave Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London. AFP

Queen Elizabeth II meets US President Joe Biden and Jill Biden at Windsor Castle


Neil Murphy
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II welcomed US President Joe Biden to her residence at Windsor Castle on Sunday, after the G7 summit in Cornwall, south-west England, this weekend.

The American leader and his wife Jill Biden were greeted with a guard of honour and tea at the monarch's royal residence in Berkshire, just outside London.

The queen met the Bidens at Windsor's quadrangle, as the Grenadier Guards gave a royal salute and the US national anthem was played.

They had already met this weekend at the G7 gathering.

On Saturday, Elizabeth received her official birthday gift from the nation’s armed forces – a ceremony of pomp and pageantry in her honour – which was held at the castle.

Trooping the Colour, which is normally staged in central London, was ruled out for the second successive year because of coronavirus.

The carefully choreographed arrangements to welcome Mr Biden echoed the welcome given to Donald Trump in 2018, when he was president.

Mr Trump also travelled to Windsor, where he had afternoon tea with the queen in the castle’s Oak Room

Mr Biden also accompanied the Officer Commanding the Guard of Honour, Maj James Taylor, and Maj Gen Christopher Ghika to inspect the Honour Guard, before returning to the dais to watch the military march-past with the queen and Mrs Biden.

US President Joe Biden inspects the Guard of Honour formed of The Queen's Company First Battalion Grenadier Guards. AFP.
US President Joe Biden inspects the Guard of Honour formed of The Queen's Company First Battalion Grenadier Guards. AFP.

Escorting a visiting head of state to inspect the troops is a role that usually fell to the Duke of Edinburgh, before he retired in 2017. He died in April.

US President Joe Biden reaches out to hold the hand of his wife Jill, after arriving to meet Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, near London. AP
US President Joe Biden reaches out to hold the hand of his wife Jill, after arriving to meet Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, near London. AP

There have been 14 US presidents during the queen’s 69-year reign, from Harry S Truman to Mr Biden.

Mr Biden is the 13th US president to meet the monarch, with Lyndon B Johnson being the only exception.

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Director: S Shankar

Producer: Lyca Productions; presented by Dharma Films

Cast: Rajnikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Sudhanshu Pandey

Rating: 3.5/5 stars

THURSDAY'S FIXTURES

4pm Maratha Arabians v Northern Warriors

6.15pm Deccan Gladiators v Pune Devils

8.30pm Delhi Bulls v Bangla Tigers

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ENGLAND SQUAD

Joe Root (captain), Dom Sibley, Rory Burns, Dan Lawrence, Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes (wicketkeeper), Moeen Ali, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad

Asia Cup Qualifier

Final
UAE v Hong Kong

TV:
Live on OSN Cricket HD. Coverage starts at 5.30am

ESSENTIALS

The flights 
Emirates, Etihad and Swiss fly direct from the UAE to Zurich from Dh2,855 return, including taxes.
 

The chalet
Chalet N is currently open in winter only, between now and April 21. During the ski season, starting on December 11, a week’s rental costs from €210,000 (Dh898,431) per week for the whole property, which has 22 beds in total, across six suites, three double rooms and a children’s suite. The price includes all scheduled meals, a week’s ski pass, Wi-Fi, parking, transfers between Munich, Innsbruck or Zurich airports and one 50-minute massage per person. Private ski lessons cost from €360 (Dh1,541) per day. Halal food is available on request.

Barcelona 3
Messi (27’, 32’, 87’)

Leganes 1
El Zhar (68’)

Nepotism is the name of the game

Salman Khan’s father, Salim Khan, is one of Bollywood’s most legendary screenwriters. Through his partnership with co-writer Javed Akhtar, Salim is credited with having paved the path for the Indian film industry’s blockbuster format in the 1970s. Something his son now rules the roost of. More importantly, the Salim-Javed duo also created the persona of the “angry young man” for Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the 1970s, reflecting the angst of the average Indian. In choosing to be the ordinary man’s “hero” as opposed to a thespian in new Bollywood, Salman Khan remains tightly linked to his father’s oeuvre. Thanks dad. 

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The specs

Engine: 6.2-litre V8

Transmission: ten-speed

Power: 420bhp

Torque: 624Nm

Price: Dh325,125

On sale: Now

Rafael Nadal's record at the MWTC

2009 Finalist

2010 Champion

Jan 2011 Champion

Dec 2011 Semi-finalist

Dec 2012 Did not play

Dec 2013 Semi-finalist

2015 Semi-finalist

Jan 2016 Champion

Dec 2016 Champion

2017 Did not play

 

'THE WORST THING YOU CAN EAT'

Trans fat is typically found in fried and baked goods, but you may be consuming more than you think.

Powdered coffee creamer, microwave popcorn and virtually anything processed with a crust is likely to contain it, as this guide from Mayo Clinic outlines: 

Baked goods - Most cakes, cookies, pie crusts and crackers contain shortening, which is usually made from partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. Ready-made frosting is another source of trans fat.

Snacks - Potato, corn and tortilla chips often contain trans fat. And while popcorn can be a healthy snack, many types of packaged or microwave popcorn use trans fat to help cook or flavour the popcorn.

Fried food - Foods that require deep frying — french fries, doughnuts and fried chicken — can contain trans fat from the oil used in the cooking process.

Refrigerator dough - Products such as canned biscuits and cinnamon rolls often contain trans fat, as do frozen pizza crusts.

Creamer and margarine - Nondairy coffee creamer and stick margarines also may contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.

Dubai Bling season three

Cast: Loujain Adada, Zeina Khoury, Farhana Bodi, Ebraheem Al Samadi, Mona Kattan, and couples Safa & Fahad Siddiqui and DJ Bliss & Danya Mohammed 

Rating: 1/5

SERIES SCHEDULE

First Test, Galle International Stadium
July 26-30
Second Test, Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
August 3-7
Third Test, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
August 12-16
First ODI, Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
August 20
Second ODI, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
August 24
Third ODI, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
August 27
Fourth ODI, R Premadasa Stadium
August 31
Fifth ODI, R Premadasa Stadium
September 3
T20, R Premadasa Stadium
September 6

Mane points for safe home colouring
  • Natural and grey hair takes colour differently than chemically treated hair
  • Taking hair from a dark to a light colour should involve a slow transition through warmer stages of colour
  • When choosing a colour (especially a lighter tone), allow for a natural lift of warmth
  • Most modern hair colours are technique-based, in that they require a confident hand and taught skills
  • If you decide to be brave and go for it, seek professional advice and use a semi-permanent colour
Dubai World Cup nominations

UAE: Thunder Snow/Saeed bin Suroor (trainer), North America/Satish Seemar, Drafted/Doug Watson, New Trails/Ahmad bin Harmash, Capezzano, Gronkowski, Axelrod, all trained by Salem bin Ghadayer

USA: Seeking The Soul/Dallas Stewart, Imperial Hunt/Luis Carvajal Jr, Audible/Todd Pletcher, Roy H/Peter Miller, Yoshida/William Mott, Promises Fulfilled/Dale Romans, Gunnevera/Antonio Sano, XY Jet/Jorge Navarro, Pavel/Doug O’Neill, Switzerland/Steve Asmussen.

Japan: Matera Sky/Hideyuki Mori, KT Brace/Haruki Sugiyama. Bahrain: Nine Below Zero/Fawzi Nass. Ireland: Tato Key/David Marnane. Hong Kong: Fight Hero/Me Tsui. South Korea: Dolkong/Simon Foster.

Sole survivors
  • Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
  • George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
  • Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
  • Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
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