Republican Malcolm Turnbull appeared sombre, dressed in an all-black suit, as he recalled meeting the Queen. The former Australian Prime Minister reflected on his encounter with the late monarch, when his voice faltered slightly and his eyes watered, suggesting he was on the brink of tears. His tribute to the Queen is particularly notable as Mr Turnball has been an avid campaigner to replace the Queen as Australia's Head of State with a publicly elected figure. The news comes as world leaders pay tribute to the 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II.    Speaking on ABC News, Mr Turnbull said: “I am filled with great sadness. “When we met the Queen, she gave us a portrait of herself, the offici ...br -------------------------------------------------------------------------br #MalcomTurnbull, #tears, #world, #leaders, #tribute, #headlines #sensitive, #headlines, #nation, #world, #ctpvideo, #royal, #royalfamily, #Queen, #tribute, #monarch, #worldleaders, #MalcolmTurnbull, #JustinTrudeau, #JoeBiden, #Zelensky, #LizTruss, #speech, #praise Copyrighted music by We use background music from this channel [Music] thank you Republican Malcolm Turnbull appeared somber dressed in an all-black suit as he recalled meeting the queen [Music] the former Australian prime minister reflected on his encounter with the late monik when his voice faulted slightly and his eyes watered suggesting he was on the brink of Tears foreign to the queen is particularly notable as Mr Turnbull has been an avid campaigner to replace the queen as Australia's head of state with a publicly elected figure [Music] the news comes as world leaders pay tribute to the 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II speaking on ABC News Mr Turnbull said I am filled with great sadness when we met the queen she gave us a portrait of herself the official portrait of herself and Prince Philip [Music] said with a wry smile here you go you can put them in a Cupboard I suppose which was charming and funny last night as we were filled with such dread because it was obvious that things had turned very bad I took the portrait of the queen out and set it up Mr Turnbull met Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2017.