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Queen Elizabeth II: A 70 Year Reign

Politics Unpacked

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Churchill's 'Sounding Board'

The queen is blessed with an incredibly good memory, and i think that's one of the things which has served her so well as a constitutional monarch. The actually er roe as a as, by the way, you call it sounding board oror aa, source of guidance, has has sort of groan over the ears. I mean, churchill, when she first came to the throne, he he s she's just a girl. But actually, very quickly he discovered that they had lots to talk about. They used like talking about racing, for exampleut meetings with her. And of course, he was a great er guide to her, a sort of grandfather type of figure

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