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Random Royal Rotogravure

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“She is the Mining Queen, newly crowned, only twenty-six….” Okay, so it’s not as catchy as the original, but we do what we gotta do.

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Do you have any favorite photos of royals doing “the unusual” for them activities? After all, it’s not everyday we see “Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith“ emerging from mine shafts.