Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will address the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York this summer following a royal visit to Canada, Buckingham Palace said in London Friday, dpa reported.

   The monarch, who will be 84 by the time, would give a speech at the UN on July 6, following a tour of Canada in the company of her husband, the Prince of Edinburgh, who will then be 89.

   The queen, who has been on the throne for 58 years, last addressed the general assembly in 1957.