The Queen's meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife Jenny has run over time as they chatted about horseracing and the drought.
The 93-year-old regent met with Mr Morrison and his wife at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday ahead of D-Day commemorations in Portsmouth on Wednesday.
The Queen wore a yellow and navy print dress, Mrs Morrison wore a flowing, floral pastel blue and orange calf-length Ginger and Smart dress and her husband wore a black suit with a sky blue tie.
After an initial bow and curtsey, the Queen was surprised to hear that Mr Morrison had arrived from the Solomon Islands.
"Oh really, oh," she chuckled with confusion.
After the prime minister clarified he had visited the Solomon's new prime minister "on the way" to the UK, the Queen understood.
The Morrisons gave her a gift of Andrew Rule's book Winx: The Authorised Biography, which had been signed by the champion racehorse's trainers and owners.
The Queen, who has a keen interest in racing, then spoke with the couple about the subject.
She then asked Mr Morrison about the drought in Australia, which has been one of her longstanding concerns.
The conversation, which also covered the action being taken to support drought-stricken regional areas, was so involved that the meeting ran for nearly twice the amount of time it had been scheduled to run.
The audience was originally set to be 20 minutes but it stretched close to 35 minutes.
Both the Queen and Mr Morrison will be in each other's company again at the commemorations in Portsmouth on Wednesday.
