Queen Elizabeth and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.Photo: STEVE PARSONS/POOL/AFP via Getty
Queen Elizabethwas “quite the hit” with world leaders!
The monarch, 95, hosted Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday, marking her first in-person audience at a royal residence since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. After the Queen invited Morrison to stand closer to her — “Come over here, they want to take a photograph,” she told him — the two smiled as they chatted in the Oak Room at Windsor Castle, where she has been staying for most of the past year.
Australia is part of the Commonwealth, a voluntary association of 54 independent countries of which the Queen is recognized as the head.
Queen Elizabeth and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.STEVE PARSONS/POOL/AFP via Getty
Prime Minister Morrison informed the Queen that she was “quite the hit” at theG-7 Summitover the weekend.
“Everyone was talking about you at dinner the next night,” he said.
“Oh, Lord,” the Queen replied. “Were they really?”
“They were,” Morrison said. “They were thrilled to see you.”
Despite isolating at Windsor Castle,Queen Elizabethhascarried out audiences virtuallyin recent months.
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“She was engaging. The Princess Royal has done a few and was more comfortable but the Queen was perfectly comfortable with the camera in front of her,” chief executive of theCarers TrustGareth Howells, who was on the call with the Queen, told PEOPLE. “A couple more times and she’ll be a dab hand at it!”
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The Queen had a busy weekend, including welcoming world leaders at theG-7 Summiton Friday, celebrating her public birthday with a scaled-downTrooping the Colouron Saturday andhaving teawith U.S.President Joe BidenandFirst Lady Dr. Jill Bidenon Sunday.
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Queen Elizabeth and President Joe Biden.STEVE PARSONS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
source: people.com
