Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is meeting the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, ahead of her historic address to the UK's Houses of Parliament.
She will deliver a speech in Westminster Hall later, an honour normally accorded only to heads of state...
...On Wednesday, Ms Suu Kyi, who is on a four-day visit to the UK, accepted an honorary civil law doctorate from Oxford University.
In a speech, she said her memories of her time in Oxford had helped her while she was under house arrest.
Ms Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest in Burma for more than two decades, received the advanced degree - 19 years after she was awarded it.
The Nobel Laureate read philosophy, politics and economics at St Hugh's College Oxford in the 1960s...
...Her two-week-long tour to Europe - her first since 1988 - also includes visits to Switzerland, France and Norway.
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