Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (C) and Foreign Secretary William Hague (R) listen as British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) makes introductory remarks at a Cabinet meeting inside No 10 Downing Street in London December 18, 2012. Queen Elizabeth II attended a British Cabinet meeting on December 18, the first such visit in more than a century, to mark her diamond jubilee. Historically, monarchs used to chair Cabinet meetings but the last one to exercise their right to attend was queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth's great-great grandmother, who died in 1901. The 86-year-old sovereign sat in as an observer on the meeting and received a gift from the Cabinet to celebrate her 60 years on the throne. AFP PHOTO / POOL / JEREMY SELWYN