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Queen arrives in Slovak capital Slovaks welcome Queen to capital
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The Queen has arrived in the Slovak capital, Bratislava, in a continuation of her state visit to central Europe. The Queen received a traditional Slovak welcome when she arrived in the capital Bratislava in a continuation of her four-day state visit to central Europe.
The monarch was due to be greeted by president Ivan Gasparovic before meeting Second World War veterans and viewing the old Iron Curtain boundary. The monarch was presented with a gift of salt and bread by a couple dressed in national costume.
She will also meet Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sir Nicholas Winton, who rescued some 670 Jewish children from Czechoslovakia before the war. Afterwards, President Ivan Gasparovic showed her around the presidential palace where an 80-strong guard of honour gave her a military salute.
The visit follows the Queen's two-day tour of Slovenia. She is also due to meet Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sir Nicholas Winton.
The Queen will attend an official ceremony and reception before being taken to Devin Castle. The Queen was dressed in a red outfit as she inspected the guard of honour on her first trip to the country.
There she is due to meet Sir Nicholas Winton and some of the people he saved by transporting them to the UK. 'Britain's Schindler'
Highlights of the trip to Slovenia included a visit to Lipica on Wednesday where the Queen was presented with a Lipizzaner horse. The soldiers shouted "glory" during the military salute in honour of the royal guest.
The monarch is due to meet Sir Nicholas Winton at Devin Castle along with some of the 670 Jewish children from Czechoslovakia whom he rescued before World War II.
The 99-year-old, known as "Britain's Schindler", saved them by transporting them back to Britain.
He made the trip to Slovakia especially to meet the Queen near the border where he smuggled the children to safety.
The Queen arrived in Slovakia accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and Foreign Secretary David Miliband.
The visit followed a two-day tour of Slovenia where the Queen, a keen equestrian, was presented with a Lipizzaner horse.