First Lady Jill Biden stunned in a sparkly lilac fitted dress by Ralph Lauren at Saturday night’s G20 dinner, which took place at the 16th century Quirinale Palace in Rome.
At the dinner, Sergio Mattarella, the Italian President hosted, the spouses and leaders were split up.
So Dr. Biden sat next to French President Emmanuel Macron, while President Joe Biden was seated next to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Macron and Dr. Biden were previously close friends when they represented their respective nations at the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics in August.
After the ceremony, the first lady was joined by the French president for several sporting events.
At Saturday dinner, G20 leaders and spouses were treated to a selection of marinated salmon and risotto (pumpkin and white truffle), roasted artichoke and seabass.
First Lady Jill Biden (center left) wore a sparkly lilac fitted dress by Ralph Lauren at Saturday night’s G20 dinner. Here she poses with (from left) Maria Serenella Cappello, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, President Joe Biden, Italian President Sergio Mattarella and daughter Laura Mattarella
Jill Biden (upper-left) was seated at G20 with French President Emmanuel Macron. They had been together in July, when they represented their countries at opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
President Joe Biden (third from right) was seated next to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (right) during an official dinner at the G20 Saturday night in Rome
Earlier Saturday, Jill Biden joined the other G20 spouses Saturday for a private lunch at Villa Doria Pamphilj, looking friendly with U.K. Prime Minister’s Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie as they walked through the grounds.
According to the first lady’s spokesperson, Johnson and Biden walked side by side as they took a group photo. Johnson wore a Zara blazer in bright red and a camel dress while Johnson wore a brown blazer.
Begona, the Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sanchez, walked in close proximity.
A few spouses were seen at Rome’s Colosseum on Saturday. However, the American first lady was not there.
Friday was a relaxing Friday for Biden as he sipped Chardonnay in a Rome restaurant with Brigitte Macron, the French First Lady.
First Lady Jill Biden (fifth from left) joined other G20 spouses for a closed-door luncheon at Villa Doria Pamphilj on Saturday
First Lady Jill Biden was spotted chatting with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie (in red blazer) after a spouse luncheon at Villa Doria Pamphilj on Saturday. The two spouses walked behind Olga Khromchenko, a member of the Russian delegation
The G20 spouses walked around the grounds of Villa Doria Pamphilj on Saturday, where they took a group photo
First Lady Jill Biden is seen walking into a spouses luncheon Saturday at Villa Doria Pamphilj, a villa surrounded by Rome’s largest public park
Dr. Biden wasn’t photographed among the G20 spouses who visited the Colosseum on Saturday including Carrie Johnson (center in red), Italian prime minister’s wife Serenella Cappello (sixth from right) and French First Lady Brigitte Macron (fourth from right)
Carrie Johnson and other G20 leaders are photographed at the Colosseum in Rome, Saturday.
Carrie Johnson (left), Brigitte Macron, (right), speak at the Colosseum of Rome on Saturday
(From left) Brigitte Macron, Carrie Johnson and Italian prime minister’s wife Serenella Cappello at the Colosseum in Rome on Saturday
The first two ladies were almost twins, as the petite blondes wore navy suits with navy heels.
Both blondes were small and wore navy suits paired together with navy heels.
They got together at a restaurant called Il Marchese, ahead of their husbands’ first meeting since France was blindsided by Australia pulling out of a submarine deal to join a security pact with the United States and the United Kingdom.
Biden, 70, said afterwards that Macron, 68 and he were ‘wonderful’ together.
She cooed, “It’s nice to have two friends together, just as sisters,”
The two women enjoyed Chardonnay and small bites.
Biden was coy when asked what they ate or drank.
She stopped and said, “Well.” “Practically nothing.
After sipping Chardonnay with Brigitte Macron (left), First Lady Jill Biden (right), said: “It’s lovely, two friends together. Just like sisters.”
First Lady Jill Biden (left), First Lady Brigitte Macron from France (right), wore navy suits with heels for their get together at Il Marchese. It took place as President Joe Biden & French President Emmanuel Macron held a bilateral meet in Rome Friday night.
Biden waves at reporters gathered outside Il Marchese in Rome, a restaurant near the Tiber River.
Biden had just sent the French first lady. She and the American first Lady spent time together at the June spouses event at the G7
After spending time together (while their husbands met) at a Rome restaurant on the sidelines G20, Brigitte Macron, the French First Lady, and Jill Biden, the First Lady of France, spoke with reporters
Jill Biden will meet First Lady Macron as part of her busy schedule over four days in Italy.
Biden, whose family comes from Italy spoke glowingly about the host country for this year’s G20.
“We’ve been to Italy so many times. I love Italy, Brigitte loves Italy. Who wouldn’t love Italy? It’s a beautiful country that we could love, right? She said.
CNN reported Friday that the Bidens spent Thanksgiving in Rome after Beau, their son, died in 2015.
As she arrived at the restaurant, located on a narrow street near the Tiber river, Biden was asked about her earlier meeting with Pope Francis she attended alongside President Joe Biden.
She told reporters outside the restaurant that he was amazing and that it was magical.
Macron, who arrived in second place, agreed to answer the question “Yes!” when Dr. Biden asked if she was excited about meeting with Dr. Biden.
First Lady Jill Biden (right), arrives in Rome Friday morning with President Joe Biden (right). She has her own packed schedule while in Italy from Friday through Monday
Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States, speaks to children’s theatre performers at a G7 event along with Carrie Johnson (left), and Brigitte Macron(right), whom she will meet in Rome Friday afternoon
Brigitte and Brigitte, first lady Jill Biden (second row from right), are side-byside at a June spouses event that was part of G7 in Cornwall
She and Macron had The Bidens spent time together at a spouses function at the G7 in Cornwall, June. This was the Bidens first overseas trip since January.
Earlier Friday, Biden had tea with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s wife Serena Cappello at the Chigi Palace, while President Biden met with the prime minister.
After a weekend of private spouse events, the first lady will do a solo trip to Naval Support Activity Naples on Monday, where about 8,500 U.S. troops work.
The first lady will then visit Naples Middle High School, a school run by the Department of Defense. She will meet with teachers and students, and then deliver a speech.
The event will combine Biden’s Joining Forces’ initiative which she started in 2011 with former First Lady Michelle Obama and restarted earlier this years, and her career, an English teacher.
Joining Forces provides support for military members, veterans, and their family members.
First Lady Jill Biden (center right) speaks with Uberto Vanni d’Archirafi (center left), the Senior Official of the Diplomatic Protocol of the Italian Republic, on the tarmac at Rome Fiumicino International Airport early Friday morning
First Lady Jill Biden (left), ushers President Joe Biden towards the Beast, as they arrive in Rome (Italy) to take part in G20 events through Sunday
First Lady Jill Biden (center) hugs Sarb Edmund (second from left) the 89th Airlift Wing Senior/Training Protocol Specialist, as she and President Joe Biden depart for Rome from Joint Base Andrews Thursday
President Joe Biden (right), and First Lady Jill Biden (left) left Rome on Thursday morning. They will be splitting up Monday with President Joe Biden traveling to Scotland to attend COP26, and Jill Biden (first lady) heading to Naples to see a Defense Department-funded highschool at a U.S. Base.
Biden continues to teach classes at community colleges – making her the first woman to hold an outside job.
Biden was also busy on her first solo overseas trip – representing the United States at opening of the Tokyo summer Olympics.
There, the first lady held court with then Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his wife Mariko, watched the Olympics with French President Emmanuel Macron, attended an event with heads of delegations at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace and hosted an Olympics watch party for American diplomats at the ambassador’s residence in Tokyo.
She stopped by Alaska and Hawaii to advocate for COVID-19 vaccinations.
FLOTUS was also present at a barbecue for military personnel and their family members in Honolulu as part of Joining Forces.