Former Prime Minister John Howard has remembered the late Queen Elizabeth II as the most accomplished leader he dealt with during his long political career.
Howard, who met with the Queen on multiple occasions over 11 years as prime minister, paid tribute to the monarch’s sense of duty.
“(She was) a great leader, an impeccable constitutional monarch, somebody who had enormous affection for our country,” he told Sky News on Sunday.
“I’ve found her in so many ways the most accomplished leader I’ve dealt with in all my years in politics.”
The former prime minister said the late Queen was always well informed about events in Australia, describing the monarch as having a “wonderful sensitivity” towards countries in the Commonwealth….