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New Zealand's Ardern recalls queen's advice as leader and mother

FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford are greeted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth during a private audience at Buckingham Palace, London April 19, 2018. Dominic Lipinski/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the best advice the late Queen Elizabeth gave her on becoming a leader and a mother was "you just get on with it".

Ardern, in London for the queen's funeral on Monday, became the first woman in the country’s history to give birth while in office when she had her daughter in 2018, and was pregnant when she first met the queen.

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