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Feb 5 • 5 tweets • 4 min read

VIDEO: 🇬🇧 Amateur British bakers are battling it out to create a #PlatinumJubilee pudding worthy of marking the 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign #platinumpudding

#PlatinumJubilee #UPDATE
95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II made a rare public appearance Saturday, at a small reception in Norfolk, England

Sunday will be the 70th anniversary of the day her father, King George VI, died, and she became queen aged 25

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Queen Elizabeth II says Camilla should become Queen Consort when Prince Charles takes the throne

#UPDATE The 95-year-old British monarch said in a written statement to the nation it was her "sincere wish" that Camilla be known as Queen Consort, instead of Princess Consort, when Charles becomes King

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