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I'll bluntly assert that it's difficult to imagine dancing being an important factor while either of Elizabeth's siblings was on the throne.

October Books 19) Doctor Who - Slipback nwhyte 2009

Second, I now understand rather better one of the ways in which the Irish question shifted during Elizabeth's reign - once her cousin and prisoner Mary had been acknowledged as potentially legitimate by the Pope and the French and Spanish, a wholly new basis emerged for continental intervention in Irish affairs.

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They later visited the Calgary Zoo, where she debuted a crimson Catherine Walker coat and dress, and Queen Elizabeth's maple leaf brooch, also seen on Canada Day.

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Queen Elizabeth's father, George VI, was a direct male descendant of Victoria and Albert (via George V and Edward VII), but of course had only two daughters so Albert's Y-chromosomes ended with him.

Gibbon Chapter XIX nwhyte 2010

Ms. ROBERTS: Oh. (Soundbite of laughter) SAGAL: Margaret, Queen Elizabeth's sister was the Princess Diana of her time.

Lightning Fill In The Blank 2010

Elizabeth's father, Ed Smart, said that the judge's ruling was expected, and that his daughter has been preparing to testify against Mitchell.

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However, Elizabeth's comment makes me wonder if it wouldn't be more helpful to unknown or midlist and small press writers (whose cause I generally support, my opinion of individual books notwithstanding) to mention their books, even if it meant passing a negative judgment or just noting I had read a particular book and offering a brief assessment.

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Queen Elizabeth's 85th birthday was in April, but the official public celebration is held later when the weather is better.

British Queen Celebrates 85th Birthday 2011

Elizabeth and Jens killed Elizabeth's parents in their own home in Bedford County in 1984.

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But again, I don't recall a single mention of dancing among the distractions available for government officials in Ireland in Elizabeth's day; it looks like this was an activity driven by the queen's personal preferences.

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