People Are So Confused As President Joe Biden Ends Speech ‘God Save The Queen’: ‘Who’s Gonna Tell Him?’

Some joked that perhaps Biden didn't realize Queen Elizabeth had passed on—"Who's gonna tell him?" quipped one social media user—but maybe he wasn't referring to Elizabeth. After all, there is a new queen of England, she's just not the main ruler...could the President have been talking about the queen consort, Queen Camilla?

Or maybe, as a complete shot in the dark, was he talking about Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who took Elizabeth II's place as Europe's longest reigning living sovereign after the British queen's passing?

Well, according to the White House, all of these options are apparently incorrect.

Was The Strange Comment All A Big Inside Joke?

Reporters queried Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton about the remark later that day, wondering what the comment was supposed to refer to. Dalton told reporters traveling with the President that Biden was simply "commenting to someone in the crowd"—almost like it was a shared inside joke. The press secretary did not offer further comment or clarification beyond that explanation.

It's still an odd situation, especially considering that President Biden himself did not attend the May 6th coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, due to a long-held American tradition of not attending the coronation of British monarchs in person—a very old-school throwback to our country's Revolutionary days.

This isn't the first time Biden has used the phrase while speaking publicly: he jokingly commented "God save the Queen" to then-Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in 2017 while presiding as Vice President over the counting of electoral votes confirming Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, after bringing the session to a close.