The Queen is smiling again on her first public engagement since bout of ill health

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All smiles: The Queen in Norwich, Britain.

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LONDON - The Queen was smiling again on her first public engagement since suffering a "heavy cold" over the Christmas holiday.

On Friday, Queen Elizabeth II attended an exhibition, titled Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific, at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts on the campus of the University of East Anglia in Norwich.

She has been pictured in public since her bout of illness in December, but this has been during private visits to church in Sandringham.

Rumours swirled for weeks about the severity of the Queen's cold and in December, a hoax report about her death appeared on a fake BBC News Twitter account.

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Queen looks towards a man dressed in traditional costume as she arrives to view the exhibition.

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Her Majesty walks the red carpet while fans look on.

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