VATICAN CITY – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has paid a private call on Pope Francis at the Vatican, making him the fifth pontiff she has met.
She arrived on Thursday afternoon wearing a lilac-coloured spring coat and matching hat that are practically the same colours as the wisteria blooming over much of the Italian capital.
The monarch, accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, was ushered into a small room near the Vatican’s public audience hall for the 30-minute meeting.
