Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee

Yesterday I watched the trooping of the colours to celebrate Her Majesy, Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee and the Thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral One fact I particularly like is that the queen regards herself not the defender of the faith a term that dates from Henry V111 (i.e. Christia 

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