Rugby World Cup goes to Buckingham Palace – in pictures
A selection of Rugby World Cup participants met Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Harry at a reception to celebrate the tournament
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The guests to the Palace line up behind the World Cup.
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Prince Harry speaks with the England head coach, Stuart Lancaster, and the captain, Chris Robshaw, after England’s disappointing World Cup which saw them exit at the pool stage.
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The Queen was hosting a reception to mark England’s hosting of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
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Prince Harry shows off some moves to the Wales captain, Sam Warburton. Wales face South Africa at Twickenham in the quarter-finals.
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The Queen meets Uruguay’s Sebastian Pineyrua (left), Tonga’s head coach Mana Otai (second left), and Samoa’s Alesana Tuilagi (second right) and Mike Stanley (right).
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The South Africa captain, Victor Matfield (right), leans in – and down – for a chat with the Queen alongside team-mate Bryan Habana (centre) and Australia’s Henry Speight (second right).
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Chris Robshaw chats with Prince Harry, the honorary president of England Rugby.
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The Webb Ellis Cup took centre stage.
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The Webb Ellis trophy.
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The Queen is presented with a specially commissioned participation medal by the chairman of World Rugby, Bernard Lapasset.
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