WASHINGTON ― The current and former living U.S. presidents said goodbye to Jimmy Carter on Thursday, and in the process once again highlighted the contrast between former and soon-to-be President Donald Trump and all the others.

On Thursday, all living presidents and spouses attended Jimmy Carter's funeral, except Michelle Obama. Here's why.

Jimmy Carter's funeral brought together the five living US Presidents, and the event truly brought reality TV levels of drama involving the most powerful people in the world. I'm obsessed with this person who said, "I feel like this is the closest Washington will ever get to a Real Housewives reunion."

Edward’s presence signals both his growing importance in his own family, as well as the monarchy's importance to British diplomacy at a potentially rocky moment.

Obama, who attended without his wife, Michelle, shared a second-row pew with former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, along with their spouses. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived last and sat in the pew just in front of them.

It did look very friendly, I must say. I didn’t realize how friendly it looked,’ Trump says of interaction with Obama during funeral

Prince Edward represented his brother King Charles III at former President Carter’s funeral on Thursday. The fourteenth in line to the British throne sat next to Canadian Prime Minister