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Seventy Years on the Throne: Robert Hardman Explains Queen Elizabeth II’s Statecraft

The Secrets of Statecraft

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The Queen's Speech to the Queen

Rumania's Nikolay chachesk came on arguably the worst tate visit ever, in 19 78. The queen was sort of force to accommodate s this tyrant. He brought all his clothes in hermetically sealed plastic cases because he was convinced palac staff might try and poison him. Only known occasion where the queen actually hid in her own garden,. She was out walking the colgis one afternoon and sawte chacheskis coming round the corner. And a sort can't bear it, so she just hid behind a bush and waite go. I know that's true. Bcause she told one of my interviewis o over lunch. A wrong un.

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