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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles sit in the House of Lords at the official State Opening of Parliament in London, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Queen Elizabeth II goes to parliament Wednesday to outline the government's legislative program with far less pageantry than usual in a speech expected to be dominated by Britain's plans for leaving the European Union. (Carl Court/Pool via AP)

Queen Elizabeth II outlines U.K. government agenda in scaled-down speech

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh return to Buckingham Palace in a carriage, after attending the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony in London, Saturday, June 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) ** FILE **

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, admitted to U.K. hospital with infection

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FILE - This is a Sunday, Feb. 1, 1998 file photo of Martin McGuinness, the Sinn Fein Chief Negotiator, left, and Sinn Fein's president Gerry Adams as they participate in the Bloody Sunday anniversary march in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. McGuinness, an IRA and Sinn Fein leader who became a minister of peacetime Northern Ireland, has died, according to UK media Tuesday, March 21, 2017 . (AP Photo/Paul McErlane, File)

Martin McGuinness, IRA leader turned peacemaker, dies at 66

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK - Associated Press

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II stops to receive flowers from 3-year old Jessica Atfield, after the queen and her husband Duke of Edinburgh, attended a church service at St Peter and St Paul church in West Newton, England, Sunday Feb. 5, 2017. The Queen is to make history on Monday Feb. 6, when she becomes the first British monarch to reach the Sapphire Jubilee, marking the 65th. anniversary of her accession to the throne. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

Queen Elizabeth II marks record 65 years on throne

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This is a handout photo issued by Buckingham Palace on Tuesday June 21, 2016 of Britain's of Queen Elizabeth II tweeting on a tablet thanking everyone for their birthday messages in the Drawing Room in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England. (Buckingham Palace via AP)

Queen Elizabeth tweets her thanks to well-wishers after 90th birthday celebrations

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

Armed police officers patrol in the grounds of Buckingham Palace in London, Thursday, May 19, 2016. British police say they have arrested a man who scaled a wall and got into the grounds of Buckingham Palace. The Metropolitan Police force says a 41-year-old man was detained in the palace grounds Wednesday evening on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) ** FILE **

Dennis Hennessy, Buckingham Palace trespasser, was convicted murderer

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, sit in the House of Lords ahead of the Queen's Speech at the State Opening of Parliament in London on Wednesday May 18, 2016. The State Opening of Parliament marks the formal start of the parliamentary year and the Queen's Speech sets out the government&#8217;s agenda for the coming session. (Chris Jackson/Pool via AP)

Queen Elizabeth calls for right to high-speed Internet

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

Beatles producer Sir George Martin answers a question from the media after the sneak preview of a new Beatles-themed Cirque du Soleil show, &quot;Love,&quot; in Las Vegas, in this Wednesday, May 24, 2006, file photo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

George Martin, Beatles’ producer, dies at 90

By Jill Lawless, Gregory Katz and Hillel Italie - Associated Press

In this Dec. 10, 2015, photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sits at a desk in the 18th Century Room in Buckingham Palace in London, after recording her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth, to be broadcast Friday, Dec. 25, 2015. (John Stillwell/Pool Photo via AP)

Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas message: Light can triumph

By Gregory Katz - Associated Press

This photo made available on Tuesday Sept. 8, 2015, shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in a photo taken July 2015 and released by Buckingham Palace to mark the Queen becoming the longest-reigning British monarch. (Mary McCartney/Queen Elizabeth II via AP)

Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria’s long reign

By Gregory Katz - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Born to be King: Prince Charles on Planet Windsor’

By Martin Rubin

Queen Elizabeth II to make state visit to Germany

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, center, her son Prince Charles, center left, and Kate Duchess of Cambridge, center right, leave after attending the British royal family's traditional Christmas Day church service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, England, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Queen Elizabeth II calls for harmony in Christmas message

By Matt Dunham and Gregory Katz - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Victoria: A Life’

By Martin Rubin

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sends the first royal tweet under her own name to declare the opening of the new Information Age Galleries at the Science Museum, South Kensington, London, Friday Oct. 24, 2014. Normally a plaque is unveiled to herald the launch of a new project, but after touring the attraction dedicated to the history of communication and information the Queen touched a tablet screen to send her message to the world. (AP Photo/PA, Chris Jackson) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Queen Elizabeth II sends first tweet, signed ‘Elizabeth R’

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Gurkha soldier honored by Queen Elizabeth II for taking out 30 Taliban on his own

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

This portrait of Queen Elizabeth II taken and made available at 12:00 GMT Sunday, April 20, 2014, by British photographer David Bailey has been released to mark her 88th birthday on Monday April 21, 2014. The photograph was taken at Buckingham Palace in March and was commissioned on behalf of the British Government's GREAT Britain campaign. The image will be used in activity to support the GREAT campaign, which aims to generate jobs and growth through highlighting internationally Britain as a world-class destination for trade, tourism, investment and education. (AP Photo/David Bailey) NO SALES NO ARCHIVE MANDATORY CREDIT DAVID BAILEY

New portrait unveiled for British queen’s birthday

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FILE - An Oct. 1, 1999 photo from files showing British comic author Sue Townsend. The author, the creator of teenage angst-ridden Adrian Mole, has died after suffering a stroke. She was 68. Penguin Books confirmed Friday that Townsend died in Leicester, central England, a day earlier. Her first novel, &quot;The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾,&quot; was published in 1982 and was hailed as a comic masterpiece. Written in the voice of a gauche but observant teenager, it combined the acute awkwardness of adolescence with insight into the politics and culture of Thatcher-era Britain. (AP Photo/PA, Michael Crabtree) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Sue Townsend, creator of Adrian Mole, dies at 68

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2007 file photo, British actress Helen Mirren accepts the Oscar for best actress for her work in &quot;The Queen&quot; at the 79th Academy Awards, in Los Angeles. The Academy Awards scene with Mirren accepting her Oscar is included in the Turner Classic Movies documentary “And the Oscar Goes To ...,” co-directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Robert Epstein, debuting Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at 8 p.m. EST on TCM. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Mirren honored with Harvard’s Hasty Pudding award

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