Queen attends lunch at Downing Street – in pictures
Last-minute preparations as a policeman holds the ladder for a cleaner dusting the light above No 10's front doorPhotograph: Luke Macgregor/ReutersDavid and Samantha Cameron welcome the Queen and Prince Philip at Downing StreetPhotograph: Oli Scarff/Getty ImagesSamantha Cameron and the Queen on the steps of No 10Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images
Tony Blair arrivesPhotograph: Oli Scarff/Getty ImagesGordon Brown with his wife, SarahPhotograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty ImagesSamantha Cameron greets Gordon Brown at No 10 Photograph: Tim Rooke/Rex FeaturesLarry the Downing Street cat looks out of a windowPhotograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APThe Camerons greet Sir John and Lady MajorPhotograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPASir John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown inside No 10Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAThe Queen poses with the present and past prime ministersPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/APThe Queen leaves No 10 after lunch Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
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