Malala Yousufzai 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 met Queen Elizabeth at a reception for youth, education and the Commonwealth. 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. "Especially in this country as well," she added.
"I have heard about many children that can't go to school, and I want to continue our work." Prince Philip, 92, joked that in Britain, people wanted their children to go to school to get them out of the house - a comment that left Malala covering her face in a fit of giggles. The reception, in the palace's White Drawing Room, was attended by 350 guests from academic institutions around the world. At an event in Edinburgh on Saturday, Malala is set to be reunited with the two school friends who injured alongside her.