The Oscar winning actress looked enthralled as she listened in on the presentation with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi before taking to the stage to deliver a speech of her own.
Rousing the audience for her Viera de Mello memorial lecture, the mother-of-six explained: ‘We need to stand true to the ideals of the UN…we are the UN.’
She added: ‘There is no shortcut to peace and security… I am a proud American and I am an internationalist.’
Surprise appearance: A busy day in London culminated in grand surroundings on Tuesday evening as she paid a visit to London’s Buckingham Palace
In good company: The actress was joined by son Maddox ahead of the visit
Rousing the audience for her Viera de Mello memorial lecture, the mother-of-six explained: ‘We need to stand true to the ideals of the UN…we are the UN.’
Sérgio Vieira de Mello was a Brazilian United Nations diplomat who worked for the UN for more than 34 years before he was killed in the Canal Hotel Bombing in Iraq along with 20 other members of his staff in 2003.
Just a day before that, she had a busy day in London that culminated in grand surroundings when she paid an evening visit to London’s Buckingham Palace.
Let’s go: The pair were side by side as they edxited their hotel and made their way towards a waiting car
Natural beauty: With her brunette hair swept back, Angelina revealed her sharply defined features, accentuated by deft touches of make-up
The Hollywood actress was joined by son Maddox as they took the short trip from their lavish hotel, just hours after she accepted a new role as professor in practice of London School of Economics.
Dressed appropriately in a smart black evening dress and matching leather boots, Angelina looked typically elegant as they made their way towards a waiting car.
With her brunette hair swept back, Angelina revealed her sharply defined features, accentuated by deft touches of make-up.
Walk this way: A doorman observed the actress and her young son as they swept past
Walking alongside his mother, Maddox appeared to be in high spirits ahead of their visit to the Queen’s historic London home.
Given their destination the 15-year old looked surprisingly casual in a loose fitting shirt, jeans and trainers.
With a hotel doorman quietly observing, the pair offered bystanders a polite smile as they climbed into their vehicle.
Looking good: Dressed appropriately in a smart black evening dress and matching leather boots, Angelina looked typically elegant
Moments later their car was been being accepted through the wrought iron gates of the Palace.
It is understood Angelina and Maddox were given a highly unusual private tour of Buckingham Palace, where no members of the royal family were present.
The Palace will be open daily for visits to its State Rooms from 9:30am to 7:30pm from July 22 to August 31.
It will reopen for tourists from September 1 to October 1, with exclusive evening visits running from 5:30pm.
Upbeat: Walking alongside his mother, Maddox appeared to be in high spirits ahead of their visit to the Queen’s historic London home
Leading the way: Angelina walked ahead of her son as they began their journey on Tuesday evening
Earlier that day the star said she was ‘feeling butterflies’ before she lectured at the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, beginning a new master’s course on the impact of war on women.
Despite her nerves, she embodied her new, visiting professor mantle perfectly, paring down her iconic Hollywood image in favour of a simple yet sophisticated longline coat.
Angelina told London’s Evening Standard: ‘I’m a little nervous, feeling butterflies. I hope I do well. This is very important to me.’
Busy: The actress was making her way to the Palace just hours after she accepted a new role as professor in practice of London School of Economics
Here they come: Angelina’s car was later seen making its way through the wrought iron gates of Buckingham Palace
