London (CNN) -- Pakistani girls' education campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who has found international fame since being shot by Taliban militants last year, met with another icon Friday: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen and her husband, Prince Philip, invited the young activist to a reception at Buckingham Palace, where they met and chatted for a short time. Malala, who was accompanied by her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, presented the Queen with a copy of her newly published memoir, titled "I am Malala." "It's nice to meet you and it's a great honor coming here, and I wanted to present you my book," Malala said.
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Malala Yousafzai chats with Queen Elizabeth II at a Buckingham Palace reception
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The teenage education campaigner released her memoir last week and won an award
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Malala met President Barack Obama a week ago at the White House
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She was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament
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In an interview with CNN last week, Malala joked that she was going "because it's the order of the @placeholder, it's the command."