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Queen hosts reception to launch UK-India Year of Culture

The 90-year-old Queen was joined by her husband, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, and grandson Prince William and his wife Kate.

By :  sadhguru jaggi vasudev
Update: 2017-02-28 08:08 GMT
Queen Elizabeth II hosted areception at the Buckingham Palace to launch the UK-India Year of Culture 2017 with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley representing the Indian government at the historic event.
Indian-born British actress Nina Wadia poses for photographs as she arrives for a reception to mark the launch of the UK-India Year of Culture 2017 at the Grand Entrance of Buckingham Palace.
British actress Naomie Harris poses with her Order of the British Empire decoration, after receiving the medal from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London.
Indian sitar player Anoushka Shankar and her husband British director Joe Wright pose for photographs as they arrive for a reception to mark the launch of the UK-India Year of Culture 2017 at the Grand Entrance of Buckingham Palace in London.
Kate talks to Chef Vikas Khanna who is one of the presenters of MasterChef India, during a reception to mark the launch of the UK-India Year of Culture 2017 at Buckingham Palace.
An image is projected designed by Studio Carrom, the Bangalore and London-based design studio, of a peacock and dancing figures to mark the launch of the UK-India Year of Culture 2017 at Buckingham Palace.
The 90-year-old Queen was joined by her husband, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, and grandson Prince William and his wife Kate.
This is the kind of celebration of India-UK culture that should have happened long ago,' said Kapil.
Jaitley was joined by an Indian delegation that included the likes of actors Kamal Hassan, Suresh Gopi, cricket legend Kapil Dev, singer and actor Gurdas Mann, fashion designers Manish Arora and Manish Malhotra and sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar, at the grand event this evening.
The 90-year-old Queen was joined by her husband, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, and grandson Prince William and his wife Kate.

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