Though it has been 16 years since Shwetambra Barar Tandon met Queen Elizabeth II, she still remembers the moment clearly.
In 2006, the Queen was visiting Australia to open the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Ms Tandon was among a group of Indian Australians who were invited to perform an Indian folk dance in her honour.
The performers later were invited to attend a reception in Sydney held in honour of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
"We were instructed how to greet the Queen before the reception, such as not reaching out before she does," Ms Tandon recalls.
"She was so welcoming and so appreciative of our dance performance. The experience of meeting the Queen will remain etched in my memory forever," Ms Tandon says.
Last Friday, Buckingham Palace released a statement from King Charles III confirming Queen Elizabeth II had passed away 'peacefully' at Balmoral, Scotland.
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