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Clinton also said she appreciated the queens warmth and sense of humor and fondly recalled time spent on a royal yacht with her during commemorations for the 50th anniversary of D-Day in 1994. Clintons husband, Bill Clinton, was one of 13 presidents with whom the queen met during her long reign, starting with President Harry S. Truman.

The former first lady also said that she admired the queens dedication to her obligations.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, center, talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, during a reception at London's Buckingham Palace for world leaders attending the G-20 summit.|Pool photo by John Stillwell

I admired her devotion to duty and her sense of obligation to the people of her nation, she said, and she was never wavering from what she said when she first became a very young queen.

Host Dana Bash asked Clinton if the two had ever discussed what it was like to be a female leader in a world full of so many male presidents and prime ministers.

I cant say that I talked at any length, she said. Sometimes there would be, you know, a wry exchange about how, as a woman leader, you always had to have your hair done. Of course, she always looked perfect, unlike some of us. She had a sense of style that really stayed with her.

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