Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Arden said New Zealand will 'inevitably' become a Republic despite reassuring bonds between the two countries will ...

Referring to the comments received from the Queen, Ms Ardern said: “That was actually probably the best and most, I think, factual advice I could have. Speaking with BBC presenter Laura Kuenssberg, she said she will not ignite New Zealand's transition from a monarchy to a republic under her leadership, as she stopped short of laying out a timeline for it. However, Ms Ardern insisted that bonds between Britain and her country will remain as the UK transitions to the new monarch, King Charles.

Speaking to the BBC Ardern said her first meeting with the queen as New Zealand's new prime minister also coincided while she was pregnant with her first ...

"One of the things on my mind alongside being, a new prime minister, was being a prime minister, and a mum," Ardern said. "I remember she just said, 'well, you just get on with it', and that was actually probably the best and most, I think factual advice I could have. Speaking to the BBC, Ardern said her first meeting with the Queen as New Zealand's new prime minister happened when she was pregnant with her first child.

King Charles III meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Buckingham Palace in London on September 17, 2022. Photo: STEFAN ROUSSEAU.

"She wouldn't believe all this, she really wouldn't," Prince William said as he joined his father Charles, the new king, to speak to mourners waiting in line on Saturday. A decision on closing entry to the line would be taken overnight NZ time, the government said. Members of the public were camping out to secure positions on the procession route. The funeral will also be aired live by broadcasters. The only other elected leader to give birth in office was Benazir Bhutto, who served as prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and 1993 to 1996. "Back in New Zealand, I often get our ministers to carpool in a van. 8 at the age of 96. "And to see it just stand still, but do so so poetically, is a very moving thing to witness. And that was actually probably the best and most factual advice I could have." So this just makes good sense." "Her legacy will loom large in the pages of British history, and in the story of our world," Biden said in a message following news of the queen's death on Sept. Asked about the conversation during that meeting, Ardern said: "One of the things on my mind alongside being a new prime minister was being a prime minister and a mum.

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 ...

"Mother - of the nation, your devotion and personal service to our nation is unique and singular ... The queen herself spoke of the "blessings of home and family" during her Christmas address of 2017, after celebrating 70 years of marriage to Prince Philip, who died in 2021. "You do you just take every day as it comes, and she did. And that was actually probably the best and most, I think, factual advice I could have. But before that, there was the queen. when you think about leaders who have been in that position, there was Benazir Bhutto, there was myself.

THE Prime Minister of New Zealand has reiterated her belief that her country will slough off the monarchy and become a republic within her lifetime.

“And that was actually probably the best and most, I think, factual advice I could have. I said to her: ‘How did you manage?’ And I remember she just said: ‘Well, you just get on with it’. And she did. He also visited the Queen’s coffin lying in state in Westminster Hall, calling it a moment he will “never forget” and “incredibly moving”. Referring to conversation while she was pregnant, Ms Ardern said: “One of the things on my mind alongside being a new prime minister was being a prime minister and a mum. “I don’t believe it will be quick or soon, but over the course of my lifetime,” she said.

New Zealand's PM recalls her first meeting with the late Queen when she asked the monarch how to balance motherhood and being a leader.

[New Zealand’s Prime Minister](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/09/12/new-zealand-will-become-republic-lifetime-says-jacinda-ahern/) became one of the first world leaders to pay her respects to the late sovereign in London on Friday. She said: “I’m kind of interested there’s so much fuss about the bus, I don’t think the bus warrants too much fuss. Among them will be nearly 100 presidents and heads of government. Yet Ms Ardern, has become the first world leader to publicly rebut the complaints. “And that was actually probably the best and most, I think, factual advice I could have. And she did.

Speaking to the BBC, Ardern said her first meeting with the Queen as New Zealand's new prime minister happened when she was pregnant with her first child.

"One of the things on my mind alongside being, a new prime minister, was being a prime minister, and a mum," Ardern said. [ met with the new monarch Charles III.](https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/18/king-charles-hosts-jacinda-ardern-at-buckingham-palace/) Speaking to the BBC, Ardern said her first meeting with the Queen as New Zealand's new prime minister happened when she was pregnant with her first child.

New Zealand PM said she sought the Queen's advice as one of the few women to have combined leadership with motherhood.

Ardern gave birth to her daughter, Neve Te Aroha, in June 2018, and returned to her position as prime minister just two months later. And that was actually probably the best and most factual advice I could have,” Ardern said. there were so few to look to,” she told the BBC.

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern became only the second elected head of government to give birth, to daughter Neve, while in office a few months ...

Jacinda Ardern became only the second elected head of government to give birth, to daughter Neve, while in office a few months later. ‘I said to her, “How did you manage?” And I remember she said, “Well, you just get on with it”. Pictured: Ms Ardern meets the Queen while pregnant in 2018

Ardern recalls first meeting with the the Queen during UK visit for late monarch's state funeral.

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