"Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.“


-A. N. Wilson

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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.

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