From The Telegraph
Queen
Elizabeth II has paid a private call on Pope
Francis at the Vatican,
making him the fifth pontiff she has met.
The Queen arrived on Thursday afternoon wearing a lilac-coloured spring coat
and matching hat that are almost the same colour as the wisteria blooming
over much of the Italian capital.
The Queen and Prince
Philip were ushered into a small room near the Vatican's public
audience hall for the 30-minute meeting.
Previously, the Queen, who is the head of the Church of England, has met four
pontiffs, beginning with Pius XII in 1951, a year before her accession to
the throne.
Earlier in the day, The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh had lunch with Italian
President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinal palace.
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