Yes, Queen Elizabeth II did meet Neville Chamberlain, but she was a very young child at the time, as Chamberlain was Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940 when Elizabeth was a child princess. Queen Elizabeth II was born April 21, 1926, so when Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister in May 1937, she was 11 years old, and when he left office in May 1940, she was 14. As daughter of King George VI, who became king in 1936, Princess Elizabeth would have met Prime Minister Chamberlain at official functions at Buckingham Palace, as Prime Minister meets monarch weekly. Chamberlain had weekly audiences with King George VI, and Princess Elizabeth was present at palace. There are photos of Chamberlain with royal family. However, Queen Elizabeth II as monarch did not meet Chamberlain as Prime Minister, because she became queen in 1952, 12 years after Chamberlain died in 1940. So Princess Elizabeth met Neville Chamberlain as child, but Queen Elizabeth II did not have Chamberlain as Prime Minister, her first Prime Minister was Winston Churchill. So yes, she met him as child princess in late 1930s at palace events, but not as queen in official capacity, and she was too young to have meaningful political meetings with him, though he would have known her as heir.
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