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Queen hears reference to ‘happy and unhappy families’ during Garden Museum visit

Source: PA Wire

The Queen heard author Leo Tolstoy’s famous quote about happy and unhappy families just days after senior royals were pictured together following the publication of a controversial book about the monarchy.

, director of the , quoted the Russian writer during a

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