BERLIN: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth urged Europe on Wednesday to guard against division in the continent, at a state banquet in Berlin where Germany’s president declared: “the European Union needs Great Britain”.
On the first full day of her visit to Germany, the queen said she and German President Joachim Gauck had seen “the worst but also the best” of Europe in their lifetimes, adding: “we must work hard to maintain the benefits of the post-war world.”
The 89-year-old queen, now in her 63rd year on the throne, lived in Britain during World War Two.
In her fifth visit to Germany, where she will …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
