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Queen Elizabeth II jokes with sculptor, discusses vaccine rollout in first video call to Australia
Meeting with Queen Elizabeth often involves a large entourage and plenty of pomp and ceremony — but there was little of that, and some light humour, in a video call to Australia.
Key points:
- The Queen made the video call on Wednesday, in footage released this morning
- She joked that her statue at SA’s Government House might be “alarming”
- The monarch said it was encouraging SA could hold festivals during the pandemic
The Queen made the call to South Australian Premier Steven Marshall, Governor Hieu Van Le and sculptor Robert Hannaford on Wednesday last week.
Footage of the video call was released by Buckingham Palace this morning.
Governor Van Le said he understood that it was the Queen’s first video call to Australia.
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