Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, right welcomes the South Korean President Park Geun-hye to Buckingham Palace as they pose for photographers at the Grand Entrance in London,Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. The president is on an official three day state visit to Britain. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)
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Members of the Household Cavalry put on their helmets as they arrive, outside Buckingham Palace, where they will be part of the honour guard at the ceremony for South Korean President Park Geun-hye, in London, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Britain Korea State Visit
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, right, welcomes the South Korean President Park Geun-hye to Buckingham Palace, with Prince Philip at left, as they pose for photographers at the Grand Entrance in London,Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. The president is on an official three day state visit to Britain. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)
Britain Korea State Visit
South Korean President Park Geun-hye steps from her carriage with Prince Philip as she arrives at Buckingham Palace, at the Grand Entrance in London,Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. The president is on an official three day state visit to Britain. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has welcomed South Korea’s first female president to Britain for a state visit, marked by regal ceremony and a 41-gun salute.
President Park Geun-hye was greeted Tuesday by the queen and Prince Philip as she arrived at Horse Guards Parade in London.
The queen then introduced Park to dignitaries including Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague.
Park traveled by a carriage procession to Buckingham Palace, where she will be staying during her three-day visit.
The last South Korean leader to make a state visit to the U.K. was Roh Moo-hyun in 2004.
Elizabeth and Philip paid a state visit to Seoul in 1999
