Vice President Joe Biden walks arm and arm with Jordan's King Abdullah II, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, as they arrive at the White House in Washington to meet with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office. He is the first Arab leader to meet with the new president at the White House.
President Barack Obama walks with King Abdullah of Jordan after their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. According to the White House, the two discussed a wide range of issues concerning the Middle East during the meeting, from terrorism in the region, to Afghanistan, Iran, and the global economic crisis.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Jordan's King Abdullah, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at the State Department in Washington.
Vice President Joe Biden, center, escorts Jordan's King Abdullah II, left, into the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, as they arrive to meet with President Obama. The two leaders had an expanded meeting that included tea.
President Barack Obama meets with King Abdullah of Jordan, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
Sweden
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, left, and Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, right, inspect the honor guard during a welcome ceremony upon the arrival of the King at Palace Noordeinde in the Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife, Queen Silvia, are in the Netherlands for a three-day official state visit.
Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, foreground left, and Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, foreground right, inspect the honor guard during a welcome ceremony upon the arrival of the King at Palace Noordeinde in the Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, right, and his wife Queen Silvia, left, walk towards a wreath laying ceremony at the national monument in memory of those who died in World War II on Dam Square in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday April 21, 2009. King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia are in the Netherlands for a three-day official state visit.
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, right, and his wife Queen Silvia, left, are seen during a wreath laying ceremony at the national monument in memory of those who died in World War II on Dam Square in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday April 21, 2009.
Front row from left: Netherland's Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, Sweden's Queen Silvia, Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, and Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen walk towards a wreath laying ceremony at the national monument in memory of those who died in World War II on Dam Square in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday April 21, 2009.
Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, foreground left, and Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, foreground center, inspect the honor guard during a welcome ceremony upon the arrival of the King at Palace Noordeinde in the Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
Sweden's Queen Silvia looks at the painting "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer during a visit at Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 22, 2009.
Sweden's Queen Silvia, left, and Netherlands' Princess Maxima, right, take a tour of the seasonal flower park De Keukenhof in the town of Lisse in the heart of the bulb growing district of the Netherlands, Wednesday April 22, 2009.
The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, right, speaks, with Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, center and his wife Queen Silvia, left, during a state banquet at Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday April 21, 2009. King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia are in the Netherlands for a three-day official state visit.
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, center, proposes a toast during a state banquet at Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday April 21, 2009. His wife, Queen Silvia, is at left, and Netherlands' Queen Beatrix is at right.
The Netherlands' royal family and their guests pose for a state portrait at Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday April 21, 2009. They are Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, center, his wife Queen Sylvia, left, Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, right, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander (The Prince of Orange), top left, Princess Maxima, top center, and Pieter van Vollenhoven, top right.
Toasting the friendship between their countries are Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, center, the Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, right, and Queen Silvia of Sweden, left, during a state banquet at Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday April 21, 2009.
Britain
Britain's Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, left, and Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar Abdullah Bin Hamad al-Attiyah, at the inauguration ceremony of the Qatargas2, the first fully integrated value chain LNG venture at Ras Laffan City near Doha, Monday, April 6, 2009.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II holds an audience with the Governor of South Australia Kevin Scarce at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Wednesday, April 15, 2009.
A royal salute is fired by the King's Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery to celebrate Britain's Queen Elizabeth II 83rd birthday, in Green Park, London, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The queen's birthday is celebrated twice a year, once privately, on her actual birthday, and again with an official national celebration in June.