Schoolboy gets cheeky selfie with grinning Queen

“He shook my hand and I asked him for a selfie but he said he wasn’t very good at having his picture taken,” he explained. “But he was very chatty.

“It’s been really fun – we have all really enjoyed it,” he told Wales Online.

Another schoolboy, Oliver Burke, said “I am not going to have an experience like that again, getting so close to them,” reports Telegraph. “This was really special.”

Jessica Mullins, 11, said: “It was really exciting to see lots of royal people.

“I said ‘bore da’ to the Queen and she said ‘bore da’ back. She was really kind”.

The Welsh and National anthems were played and a royal salute given as the Queen reached the main entrance to the Senedd. She and Prince Philip were welcomed by well wishers, including local schoolchildren waving flags.

Meanwhile, back in London, the city has been draped in red, white and blue ahead of the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations this weekend.

Daily Mail reports Union Flags have been hung all the way down the Mall and above Regent Street and Oxford Street as the capital gets ready for the party of the year.

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