The Queen’s Commonwealth Day speech

Tuesday, March 15th 2011 - 11:12 UTC

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Last week, on the 8th of March, we marked the hundredth anniversary of the first International Women’s Day. The idea of having a women’s day was first proposed against the backdrop of the rapid industrialisation of the early twentieth century. Read full article

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Redhoyt
And as Her Majesty left the podium she was heard to mutter, “ And the Falkland islands are British ... get used to it ! ” :-)
Mar 15th, 2011 - 12:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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xbarilox
The Rocket Queen, you go girl, woohoo!
Mar 15th, 2011 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Typhoon
Show disrespect to our Sovereign Head of State. Prove you're an animal!
Mar 15th, 2011 - 03:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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xbarilox
It's not disrespect you fool! She used to be gorgeous when younger and she's still kinda pretty.
Mar 15th, 2011 - 04:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
Thank you Xbox.
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