Queen Elizabeth II jokes with sculptor, discusses vaccine rollout in first video call to Australia
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MarMarch 2021 at 1:30am
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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.
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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