Britain's Queen Elizabeth II greets Speakers and their spouses from Commonwealth countries , at a reception for the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) at St James's Palace in London, Thursday Jan. 3, 2008. The Conference, which was created in 1969, brings together the Speakers and Presiding Officers of the national parliaments of the independent sovereign states of the Commonwealth.(AP Photo/Johnny Green, pool)