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October 27th, 2011 
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Come inside the exclusive Garden Party where the Queen was officially welcomed to WA.
TIGHT SECURITY: The lining up to enter the gardens of Government House. Picture: Alf Sorbello.
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ROYAL RECEPTION: The Queen walks to the party with West Australian Premier Colin Barnett as school children watch on. Picture : Lincoln Baker.
Source: PerthNow
ROYAL RECEPTION: Basil and Amy Zempilas. Picture: Alf Sorbello.
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WA’s biggest names in business, politics, public service, sport and the arts turned out for the state reception at Government House.
The Queen, in a turquoise jacket, silk dress and matching hat, and the Duke of Edinburgh were warmly greeted by about 100 school children from 77 schools across Western Australia as they arrived at the garden party.
The Duke stopped to chat to some of the students as he descended down a path from Government House to the party with Premier Colin Barnett’s wife Lyn by his side.
Around 1700 guests attended, including Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart, Perth Glory owner Tony Sage, Burswood boss Barry Felstead, property developer Luke Saraceni, burns specialist Dr Fiona Wood, Federal Defence Minister Stephen Smith and state politicians Troy Buswell and Adele Carles.
Actor Ernie Dingo, model Jerry Hall and her West Australian partner Warwick Hemsley, comedian Ben Elton, West Coast Eagles captain Darren Glass and wife Alisha, former Test cricketer Adam Gilchrist and wife Mel, pole vaulter Steve Hooker, fashion designers Melanie Greensmith and Kylie Radford and Aurelio Costarella were also spotted mingling.
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Female guests largely stuck to the modest dress code, while the men were showing flair in the style stakes, with Channel Seven sports presenter Basil Zempilas in a cream suit and car dealer John Hughes in a panama hat. Fashion photographer Russell James swapped his trademark thongs for leather shoes.
Tight security measures meant guests were forced to line up along the street for 200 metres. Ms Rinehart surprised onlookers by taking her shoes off and queuing in bare feet.
Once inside the garden party, guests dined on produce from around Western Australian including North West rock lobster, Shark Bay scallops, Brunswick Junction veal fillet, Narrogin Dorper Lamb, and goat’s cheese and blueberries from Albany.
West Australian actor and singer Lucy Durack, star of the hit musical Wicked, sang God Save The Queen.
Ms Durack said she was thrilled to have met both the Queen and the Duke, and the Queen had told her she had heard her practise earlier in the afternoon.
“I said I didn’t want to get it wrong and she said ‘it was lovely’,” Ms Durack said.
She said that when she told the Duke that she was finishing up her part in Wicked after its Perth run, he had asked if that meant she had to learn a new part.
“I said ‘yes’ and he said ‘oh, bad luck’,” Ms Durack said.
The Queen and Duke also spoke to Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith.
The Queen asked him if he had been awarded the honour for service in Afghanistan, and he told her he was.
The Duke then joked with Cpl Roberts-Smith, asking how his wife could stand him because he kept going overseas.
In his speech to the guests, Mr Barnett said countries in the Commonwealth shared a common history, language and belief in democracy and the rights of the individual.
“Western Australia is a proud state, we’re optimistic of our future and we celebrate your visit today.”
The Premier presented the royals with a gift – a book of Eastern Goldfields wildflowers, illustrated by Phillipa Nikulinsky- whose name Mr Barnett stumbled over.
Mr Barnett said he was proud Perth was hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
“[The Commonwealth] is a very special and unique organization covering some of the largest and some of the smallest countries in the world from each and every continent. Also, some of the richest and the poorest,” he said.
“The Commonwealth is bound by a shared history, shared knowledge, a belief in the democracy and the individual and in friendship and in trust.”
The royals also were presented with a bouquet of flowers by 10-year-old Euan Rainnie and 12-year-old Clara Lipscombe, WA students who have been heralded for their bravery.
AAP reported that outside, dozens of people cramped against the walls of Government House for a brief glimpse of the royals.
All they saw was a peep of the back of her head and her turquoise suit but that was enough to make some royal fans gush with glee.
“As a woman she has a very strong character and she’s very focused … she’s my inspiration,” Eva Chiam said.
Carol Griffith is originally from England but has lived in Perth for 36 years, and always makes an effort to see the Queen when she visits.
“I like her as a mother figure. She’s always stuck by her duty rather than take the easy way out,” she said.
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