Queen Elizabeth II jokes with sculptor, discusses vaccine rollout in first video call to Australia – ABC News

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…

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