Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is on a five-day state visit to the Persian Gulf region. (John Stillwell, The Associated Press ) |
The 84-year-old monarch wore a white hat covered by a gold scarf at Abu Dhabi's Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque, part of a massive marble complex that contains the tomb of the late Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the first president of the UAE when it gained statehood after more than 100 years as a British protectorate. She plans to travel today to neighboring Oman. The Associated Press
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