From The Guardian-The Queen will meet Pope Francis for the first time on Thursday on a visit that coincides with the anniversary of the start of the Falklands war between Britain and Argentina.
The Queen's meeting with the Argentine pope also takes place against the backdrop of difficult Anglican-Catholic relations.
The foreign trip, a rarity these days for the 87-year-old monarch, had to be postponed last year because she was unwell. She will be accompanied by Prince Philip.
Before their audience with the leader of the world's Catholics they will have lunch with the Italian president Giorgio Napolitano, a former communist.
The couple's last foreign trip was to Australia in 2011, and the one-day visit to Rome and the Vatican will last only a few hours, without much of the pomp usually associated with royal travel to avoid tiring the ageing couple.
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http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/03/queen-prepares-meet-pope-francis-falklands
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