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QUEEN ELIZABETH II 1926-2022

Great Britain’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, died on 8 September 2022, triggering an outpouring of grief and remembrance in Britain and around the globe.

The Queen was the patron of the Royal Toxophilite Society, the oldest private archery society in the world, given the royal seal of approval in 1781 by King George IV,

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