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The Queen's handshakes - in pictures

Queen : Queen Elizabeth shakes hands with Martin McGuinness
Queen Elizabeth shakes hands with Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness Photograph: Getty Images
Queen shaking hands: Queen Elizabeth II Welcomes President of Afghanistan
The Queen receives the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, in the private audience room at Buckingham Palace Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty Images
Queen shaking hands: Queen meets Joan Collins
Joan Collins curtsies as she meets the Queen during a celebration of the arts at the Royal Academy of Arts in London Photograph: Rex Features
Queen shaking hands: Queen meets Mandela
The former South African president Nelson Mandela at Buckingham Palace
Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Archive
Queen shaking hands: Queen presents Chatham House Prize
A royal greeting for Hayrunnisa Gul, the wife of the president of Turkey, Abdullah Gul (centre). The former British prime minister John Major looks on during a ceremony and reception in Whitehall
Photograph: Toby Melville/PA
Queen shaking hands: Queen meets President Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania
The queen with President Nicolae Ceausescu, of the Socialist Republic of Romania, at the start of his state visit, the first to be made by a Communist head of state
Photograph: PA
Queen shaking hands: A Reagan Welcome
US president Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan welcome the Queen to their ranch at Rancho del Cielo, California Photograph: Ronald Reagan Library/Getty Images
Queen shaking hands: Queen Elizabeth II And Prince Philip Visit Abu Dhabi - Day 5
The Queen shakes hands with the Sultan of Oman, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, after a five-day state visit to the Gulf region Photograph: Getty Images
Queen shaking hands: Bush Bids Farewell to Queen
US president George Bush shakes hands with the Queen as he and his wife leave Buckingham Palace
Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA
Queen shaking hands: Queen Elizabeth meets president of Sri Lanka
The Queen meets the Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, as his wife, Shiranthi Rajapaksa, looks on prior to a lunch with Commonwealth nations heads of government Photograph: Getty Images
Queen shaking hands: Queen Pope Handshake
A greeting for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty Images
Queen shaking hands: Queen meets Archbishop of York
Dr John Sentamu, the archbishop of York, gets to touch the royal glove during the inauguration of the ninth General Synod of the Church of England, in Westminster Abbey
Photograph: Rex Features
Queen shaking hands: Queen meets David Cameron
David Cameron bows as the Queen arrives for a lunch to celebrate the Duke of Edinburgh's 90th birthday Photograph: Indigo/Getty Images
Queen shaking hands: Queen meets Lady Gaga
The Queen meets American singer Lady Gaga following the royal variety performance in Blackpool Photograph: PA
Queen shaking hands: Robert Mugabe Meeting The Queen
Robert Mugabe on a state visit to Britain Photograph: Rex Features
Queen shaking hands: US President Barack Obama Visits The UK
Barack and Michelle Obama at Buckingham Palace Photograph: Getty Images
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