Britain has been thrown into political and economic turmoil in the wake of the vote to quit the EU. And it appears that not even the Queen is removed from the drama. When asked how she was yesterday, the monarch jokingly said: ‘I’m still alive, anyway’. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are on a two-day visit to Northern Ireland. It is the Queen’s first official engagement since the historic Brexit vote last Friday. The royal couple were welcomed by Stormont First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy Minister Martin McGuinness at Hillsborough Castle, in Belfast, yesterday. When Mr McGuinness asked whether she was well, the Queen responded: ‘Thank you very much. I’m still alive, anyway’. She noted that she had been ‘quite busy’, telling the minister: ‘There’s been a lot going on’. Laughingly, she later added: ‘I’ve had two birthdays so we’ve been quite busy.’

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