After drinking tea with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, US President Joe Biden said she reminded him of his mother.

“We had a long talk, and she was very generous,” Mr. Biden told reporters afterward. “I don’t think she’d be insulted, but [she] reminds me of my mother, in terms of the look of her and just the generosity.”

Biden said the Queen asked about Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin, with whom the president is scheduled to meet Wednesday.