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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals o

I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire of societies old and new of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by Gods Will, united in spirit and in aim. – Queen Elizabeth II

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