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Queen Elizabeth, case buster

ne can imagine author SJ Bennett arriving home with reusable bags crammed with royal history books from her local library, ensconcing herself in a quiet corner surrounded by scrapbooks of newspaper and magazine clippings about Queen Elizabeth II and her brood, taking a break to rewatch documentaries – and maybe – or sallying forth on a walking tour of Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace

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