Queen Elizabeth's Papal Meetings Through the Years
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II talks with Pope Francis at the Vatican, April 3, 2014. Queen Elizabeth II has come to Rome for lunch with Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano ahead of the British monarch's first meeting with Pope Francis. Before Francis, Elizabeth had met with four pontiffs, starting with Pope Pius XII in 1951, a year before her accession to the throne.