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The Queen and I

A recently discovered photo shows me as a young reporter covering a royal tour of New Zealand.

In the picture (on this page) you can see me making notes as the Queen greets some very happy children at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland in 1977.

A number of my friends have noted that I appear to be looking at Her Majesty in a

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