Smiling Queen Elizabeth meets Swiss president after 96th birthday

Smiling Queen Elizabeth meets Swiss president after 96th birthday

Queen Elizabeth II looked healthy and in good spirits on Thursday as she met face-to-face with Switzerland's president, in the build-up to UK-wide celebrations for her Platinum Jubilee in early June.

Queen Elizabeth has her life ready to be aired by many media publications.
Queen Elizabeth has her life ready to be aired by many media publications. Twitter/ Derek Momodu

The monarch returned to Windsor Castle after a week-long break at her Sandringham estate in Norfolk, eastern England, where she marked her 96th birthday in private on April 21.

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The meet with President Ignazio Cassis was her first official engagement since then, and she held it in person rather than by video.

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Smiling broadly for photographs with Cassis and his wife Paola, the Queen stood without her walking stick, after complaining of mobility problems in recent months.

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