David Cameron and the Queen will not attend the inauguration of Pope Francis. There were suggestions that the move might be seen as a snub after Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner revealed that she had asked the pontiff to intervene in her country’s dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands. But a Downing Street spokesman said last night that the Prime Minister’s decision to send Cabinet ministers Baroness Warsi and Kenneth Clarke to the inauguration ‘is absolutely nothing to do with the Falklands’. Scroll down for video Neither David Cameron (left) nor the Queen (centre) will make it to the inauguration of Pope Francis I (right
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David Cameron and the Queen won't attend the installation Mass
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Seen as a snub after Kirchner approached the Pope about the Falklands
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Request came at Pope Francis' first meeting with head of state today
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He and Cristina Kirchner have history of spats over her liberal policies
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Also arriving in Rome today was Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, 89
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World leaders arriving for tomorrow's formal installation Mass of new Pope
Souvenir makers have been busy as more than a million visitors are expected to see the new @placeholder in Rome