Britain's Queen Elizabeth tours mosque in United Arab Emirates

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is on a five-day state visit to the Persian Gulf region. (John Stillwell, The Associated Press )

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II toured one of the world's largest mosques Wednesday in her first state visit in more than 30 years to the United Arab Emirates, a country with deep British ties.

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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