Malala Yousafzai was reduced to fits of laughter on Friday by Queen Elizabeth II’s husband Prince Philip as she met the royal couple at Buckingham Palace.
The 16-year-old, who was shot by the Taliban for championing girls’ rights to an education, met Queen Elizabeth at a reception for youth, education and the Commonwealth.
The activist survived being shot in the head on her school bus on October 9 last year and was sent for treatment to Britain where she now lives.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II meets Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai. Photo: AP
Malala, accompanied by her father, gave the queen a copy of her autobiography, “I Am Malala”, telling her: “It is a great honour for me to be here, and I wanted to present you with this book.”
Accepting the gift, the 87-year-old monarch replied: “That’s very kind of you.”
Malala told the queen, who is head of the Commonwealth, that she was passionate about every child around the world having a right to an education.
