Story highlights Queen visits Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

She also spoke to staff taking care of the injured

(CNN) Queen Elizabeth described the terror attack that left 22 people dead in Manchester as "very wicked" during a visit to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, according to the UK Press Association.

The monarch was in Manchester Thursday to speak to some of the young people who were injured in Monday's attack, as well as the hospital staff who have been treating them.

The Queen talked to a number of parents and their children during her visit, even discussing singer Ariana Grande, whose concert they had been attending.

Queen Elizabeth II speaks to Evie Mills, 14, from Harrogate, her mother, Karen and father, Craig.

While talking with 14-year-old Evie Mills from Harrogate, the Queen said that she thought Grande was a "very good singer," adding: "She sounds very, very good."

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