Queen cracks jokes in video call with Australia as Prince Philip moves hospital

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The Queen put on a brave face on a call with Australia as her husband the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, continues treatment for an infection

, having previously been admitted for treatment of an unknown infection. Despite the Duke’s poor health, the Queen was still able to make jokes during her video call.

The sculpture, which depicts the Queen in a coat and hat and carrying her trademark Launer handbag, has been installed in the grounds of Government House in Adelaide.When she was told it had become the most popular place for people to take photographs, the Queen laughed and said: ‘Oh really?’The monarch joked about the statue being ‘quite alarming’ Sculptor Robert Hannaford also presented the Queen with a ‘maquette’, a scale model of the statue, which will be sent to her as a memento.

She also joked about what time of day it was in Australia at the start of the call, telling her hosts: ‘Good morning. Well that’s good morning to me. It looks… I don’t know what time of day it is to you.’The statue has been installed in the grounds of Government House in Adelaide It was her first video call to Australia, and the first time she had ever unveiled a statue virtually, Buckingham Palace said.

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