NOTES FROM THE NAUGHTY STEP

NOTES FROM THE NAUGHTY STEP

Laughing Queen

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Julie Burchill
Jun 21, 2021
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How lovely to see the photographs of the Queen laughing at Royal Ascot! It’s no secret that gee-gees of the competitive persuasion are one of HM’s favourite things (her equivalent of the late Queen Mother’s teeth - a quality which makes the working-class think ‘O, she’s one of us!) and as she missed it last year for the first time in her long reign due …

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