King attends luncheon with Queen Elizabeth II
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Friday, 13 Dec 201911:08 AM MYT
LONDON (Bernama): Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah attended a luncheon on Thursday (Dec 12) with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
Their Majesties were greeted upon arrival by a royal salute and received by the Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward.
The royal couple were accompanied by their children, the Regent of Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah, Tengku Panglima Raja Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah and Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan.
Also present was Malaysian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Datuk Mohamad Sadik Kethergany.
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Earlier, Al-Sultan Abdullah visited Westminster Abbey, which is one of the United Kingdom's most notable houses of worship and the traditional place of coronation and burial site for the English monarchs.
His Majesty also laid a wreath at the grave of the Unknown Warrior, an unidentified British soldier killed in a European battlefield during the First World War.
His Majesty also spent time visiting the Churchill War Rooms, anunderground complex that housed a British government command centre during the Second World War.
Al-Sultan Abdullah and Tunku Azizah are in the United Kingdom on a special visit until Dec 16.
This special visit is Al-Sultan Abdullah’s fourth after the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Japan in June, July and October respectively since being sworn in as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong in January. - Bernama
