While at U.N.headquarters, Queen Elizabeth met with U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who,in his welcoming remarks in the General Assembly told the queen she is "an anchor for our age" and a "living symbol of grace, constancy and dignity."

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As an aside, she remarks that he looks ridiculous and she'll surely be able to put him in his place.

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While she enjoys the compliment, she remarks that she hasn't spent enough time with Mitchell to call her an influence.

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She later said she regretted her remarks and that sectarianism was a "shared problem".

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