'Most parents want their children to go to school to get them out of the house!' Prince Philip reduces Malala (the girl Taliban shot for getting an education) to giggles
By JAMES RUSH
The schoolgirl who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban
because of her campaign for education got the giggles after Prince
Philip made a joke during a visit to Buckingham Palace today.
Malala Yousafzai, 16, covered her face with her hand as she laughed
following the Duke's quip that in Britain, people want children to go to
school to get them out of the house.
She also presented the Queen with her book as she visited Buckingham
Palace as one of the guests at a reception for commonwealth, youth and
education, hosted by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
Giggles: Malala laughs at a quip made by the Duke that people in Britain
want children to go to school to get them out of the house
Present: Malala Yousafza presents a copy of her book to the Queen during a reception at Buckingham Palace
'Honour': Malala told the Queen, 'It is a great honour for me to be here' during the reception at Buckingham Palace
Malala was shot in the head in Pakistan last October after campaigning
for the rights of girls to go to school without fear, in a part of the
country where Islamic fundamentalists were trying to impose a strict
form of Sharia law.
The teenager, accompanied by her father Ziauddin, gave the Queen a copy
of her book, I Am Malala, during their meeting in the palace's White
Drawing Room.
She told her: 'It is a great honour for me to be here, and I wanted to present you with this book.'
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