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Last Updated: Friday, 20 October 2006, 15:30 GMT 16:30 UK
In pictures: Queen's Baltic tour

The Queen is handed flowers and gifts on walkabout in Estonia.

The Queen greets well-wishers in Tallinn, Estonia, at the end of her four-day tour of the Baltic states.

The Queen is surrounded by flag wavers in Tallinn, Estonia.

More than 10,000 people packed into a picturesque square in Estonia's capital, Tallinn, to catch a glimpse of the monarch despite the cold weather.

The Queen inspects Estonian troops.

On board HMS Liverpool, the Queen met Estonian servicemen heading to Afghanistan. She described the deployment as Estonia's biggest mission abroad.

The Queen leaves HMS Liverpool in Tallinn, Estonia.

Dressed in a peach coat, she left HMS Liverpool after a naval ceremony in the Old Port of Tallinn on the final day of her trip to Eastern Europe.

The Queen receives flowers from two children before a concert in Tallinn, Estonia.

The Queen was accompanied by Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at a concert where she received flowers from two children.

The Queen is handed a gift from the Estonian people.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were handed a gift of a large cream crocheted Estonian scarf. The Royal couple had previously visited Lithuania and Latvia .

The Queen wears a tiara at a state banquet.

During the tour, the Queen has seen three presidents, capitals and town squares, had one state lunch and two state banquets, given three speeches and inspected three guards of honour.






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