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Why Queen Elizabeth’s accession matters

8 February 2022

1:25 AM

8 February 2022

1:25 AM

This week, the United Kingdom is celebrating 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II on the throne. The Spectator has come across this fascinating article, written by a young Margaret Thatcher, celebrating her accession. It was published in the Sunday Graphic on 17 February 1952. Thatcher just a few months older than the Queen.

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Thank you to Clarissa Reilly, proprietor of Digger & Mojo antiques in Woodborough, Wiltshire, for providing a copy of the article.


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