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  • The Oldie

    JIM WHITE

    Jun 29, 2022 2 minutes

    COMMONWEALTH HEROES

    Probably no one is more disappointed that the Queen won’t make it to the Jubilee Commonwealth Games (starting in Birmingham on 28th July) than the Queen herself. This is her kind of event: homely, friendly, lacking in flash and played out by representatives of the countries she holds most dear.

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