Back to duty: UK queen returns to public tasks after funeral

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has held her first video meetings since the funeral of her husband, Prince Philip, pressing on with royal duties as she formally accepted the credentials of the new ambassadors from the Ivory Coast and Latvia. The monarch, 95, held the virtual audiences Tuesday from Windsor Castle, where she has lived during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the ambassadors were 20 miles (32 kilometers) away at Buckingham Palace in central London. The queen, who ended a two-week period of royal mourning on Friday, wore a floral dress and pearls for the occasion.