Updated May 26, 2017 08:51:28

Queen Elizabeth II has met with children injured in the Manchester concert bombing, consoling them and describing the attack as "wicked".

The 91-year-old monarch visited a number of young people recovering from severe shrapnel wounds at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

"It's dreadful. Very wicked, to target that sort of thing," the Queen told Evie Mills, 14, and her parents.

Ms Mills told the Queen she had won VIP tickets to the pop star's Monday night (local time) concert at Manchester Arena and had been injured in the bombing attack after the end of the show.

The teenager said she felt fortunate to have survived.

"I have a few holes in my legs and stuff, and I have a bit of a cut, and my arm and just a bit here, but compared to other people I'm quite lucky really," she said.

Queen Elizabeth II told Ms Mills she thought Ariana Grande was a "very good singer".

"She sounds very, very good," she said.

Grande took to Twitter after the bombing to describe herself as "broken".

Victim describes Queen's visit as 'mind-blowing'

Photo: Queen Elizabeth II thanked members of staff who treated victims of the Manchester attack. (AP: Peter Byrne)

Ms Mills was one of 12 children under the age of 16 taken to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital by ambulance after the blast that killed 22 people and the suspected bomber.

She said she was walking toward the exit to meet her father when the bomb went off.

She remembers the explosion, an intense ringing in her ears, and people screaming. She did not know it right away, but she was bleeding badly from her legs.

"My dad ran over to me and picked me up and then we tied jumpers and stuff around the main wounds in my leg," she recalled.

"He just picked me and we ran outside and then a lot of paramedics outside and strangers were just helping us, really."

A "warm", "kind" eight-year-old, an 18-year-old girl who "always lit up the room" and a man who was "a true friend" are among the victims of the Manchester suicide bombing.

Her father, David Robson, said he was with his partner waiting for her when the explosion happened.

"It was surreal, it was just quiet," Mr Robson said.

"And I saw Millie, at the bottom of the stairs, I just ran down, picked her up."

He was running from the scene when he noticed her bleeding legs

"I just said, 'Look at me, just don't look anywhere else'," the father said.

"Because it was just, obviously as you can imagine, carnage, bodies and stuff."

Emergency teams eventually helped treat Ms Mills and got her to the hospital. She was well enough to enjoy the Queen's visit.

"She is lovely," the teen said. "It's like mind-blowing, really."

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First posted May 26, 2017 07:53:13