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The Queen, the Monarchy and CHOGM

by commonwealth-oral-history-project | May 7, 2013 | Uncategorized

By Dr Sue Onslow, Senior Research Fellow, ICwS ‘Frustrate their knavish tricks On thee our hopes we fix’ The announcement this morning that the Queen will not be attending the 2013 CHOGM in Sri Lanka in November has been described as ‘surprising and significant.’...

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