Arsenals team joins the Queen for tea

15-02-2007 15:22

The Queen will have tea with the Arsenal team,as four months back she was forced her to cancel plans to open their new stadium.

Prince Philip stood in for her at the official opening of the Emirates stadium in October.

Now she is meeting players including captain Thierry Henry and manager Arsene Wenger at Buckingham Palace.

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The players, the board and other staff members will tour the State Apartments, before meeting the Queen.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "The Queen was disappointed about not being able to officially open the new Arsenal stadium due to her back strain, especially as so much effort had been put in by so many people behind the scenes.

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