--- description: Last week, Obama gave the Pope seeds. Today, the Queen gave him whiskey title: Pope Francis and Queen Elizabeth Meet for First Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt415445b2f3993969/698688ac36176081ac90b453/pope-francis-queen-elizabeth.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pope Francis](/tag/pope-francis/) ## Pope Francis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pope Francis Greets Queen Elizabeth In Vatican by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2014 2:44 PM CUT  Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, have an audience with Pope Francis, during their one-day visit to Rome on April 3, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, have an audience with Pope Francis, during their one-day visit to Rome on April 3, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican.Oli Scarff—Getty Images by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2014 2:44 PM CUT A highly anticipated meeting between Pope Francis and Queen Elizabeth was held on Thursday afternoon in the Vatican, where the two world leaders exchanged words and gifts in person for the first time. The pair met for half an hour, including 17 minutes in private. Last week, President Obama gave Francis a chest filled with seeds from fruits and vegetables used in the White House garden. But the Queen one-upped the American leader during her visit, presenting the Pope with [whiskey and venison](https://twitter.com/elizabethjdias/status/451723621523030016 "undefined"). Francis was the fifth Pope with whom Queen Elizabeth has met during her fifty-year reign. This trip marks the first foreign trip for the British monarch in three years. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/48204/pope-francis-queen-elizabeth/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/48204/pope-francis-queen-elizabeth/"},"headline":"Pope Francis Greets Queen Elizabeth In Vatican","datePublished":"2014-04-03T14:44:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:07:07.713Z","description":"Last week, Obama gave the Pope seeds. Today, the Queen gave him whiskey","url":"https://time.com/48204/pope-francis-queen-elizabeth/","keywords":["Pope Francis","Pope Francis topic","Whiskey","Vatican","gifts","meeting","President Obama","queen elizabeth"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt415445b2f3993969/698688ac36176081ac90b453/pope-francis-queen-elizabeth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt415445b2f3993969/698688ac36176081ac90b453/pope-francis-queen-elizabeth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Queen And Duke Of Edinburgh Visit Rome And The Vatican City","caption":"The Queen And Duke Of Edinburgh Visit Rome And The Vatican City","creditText":"Oli Scarff—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/pope-francis/","name":"Pope Francis"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/48204/pope-francis-queen-elizabeth/","name":"Pope Francis Greets Queen Elizabeth In Vatican"}}]}] ```