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    The 2022 Oldie ofthe Year Awards

    Dec 14, 2022 3 minutes

    Paddington Bear THE OLDIE OF THE YEAR

    By royal appointment, this is Paddington's year.

    We had the judges’ lunch to choose the 2022 Oldies of the Year in late September, just a week after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Even before we had chosen our starters, we had agreed that this would be a year when a salute to someone associated with Her Majesty might be appropriate.

    One of us (me) suggested honouring all the Queen's living ladies-in-waiting with a

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