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Your support makes all the difference.If the Jubilee celebrations showed us anything (other than what a 64-year-old looks like hula-hooping), it's that nobody knows any of the words to "God Save The Queen" beyond the first verse. After a strong start at the pop concert, as soon as "O Lord our God arise" was due, all that could be heard down the Mall was a collective "Blah-Blah-Blah-Blah-Blah-Blah".
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