Here in the UK we’ve had a bumper four day royalty-fest. Queen Elizabeth II has now been on the throne for 70 years. Not only is this an astonishing thing in itself, it so happens that it makes her the longest running monarch ever.
There were street parties all over the place. I didn’t attend any becau…
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