From Australia-
Hundreds of well-wishers hailed Queen Elizabeth II at a historic Canberra church on Sunday where she attended an intimate service ahead of lunch with local luminaries including Geoffrey Rush.
Decked out in their Sunday best and brandishing flags and flowers, an enthusiastic crowd cheered and clapped as the monarch arrived at St John the Baptist Anglican church with Prince Philip for weekend worship.
The queen, 85, is in Australia for a 10-day tour -- her 16th and possibly last of the vast continent -- which will culminate in her opening the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth on Friday.
She is warmly regarded in Australia, where 75 percent of the then population turned out for a glimpse of her during her maiden visit in 1954, and large crowds have again been a feature of her public appearances on this trip.
Queues began building outside the picturesque sandstone church shortly after sunrise and cheers and applause broke out when the queen emerged from her official vehicle, wearing a primrose-yellow dress and hat with white gloves.
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