Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, right, and his wife, Kim Keon-hee, are welcomed after arriving at London Stansted Airport on Sept. 18, 2022, to attend Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral. Yonhap
President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday attended a reception in London hosted by King Charles III and expressed his condolences over the death of Queen Elizabeth II, his office said.
Yoon, who arrived with first lady Kim Keon-hee in London earlier in the day, attended the reception at Buckingham Palace ahead of the queen's state funeral Monday.
Yoon personally expressed his condolences to King Charles, who thanked the president for traveling to London to mourn his mother's death, according to the presidential office.
"President Yoon said he will never forget the queen who always dedicated herself as a guardian of freedom and peace, and that the people of the Republic of Korea share in the grief," Kim Eun-hye, senior presidential secretary for press affairs, told reporters in London.
Yoon also congratulated King Charles on his ascension to the throne.
