The great moment arrives: my audience with The Queen. Foreign ambassadors are received by Her Majesty with elaborate ceremony, which still goes so far as being driven to the Palace in a horse-drawn landau escorted by liveried postilions. However, High Commissioners from nations like Australia of which The Queen is the head of state (‘Realm High Commissioners’) are received with much less pomp and circumstance – one simply drives to the Palace and is met at the entrance – which compensates for lack of grandeur with friendly familiarity.
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