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What really happened the moment Her Majesty found out she was Queen

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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee is believed to have a huge budget of between £10 million and £15 million, and it'll take place this year to celebrate her 70th year on the throne.This is the first time in history that any monarch has been on the throne for that long.

When Queen Elizabeth gained her title at just 25 years old it was because her beloved father, King George VI, had died after a battle with lung cancer.

At the time, the Queen, now 95, was in Kenya on a Commonwealth tour, but her exact reaction upon hearing of her father's death has since been revealed by Prince Philip's cousin Lady Pamela Hicks, who witnessed it.

Lady Hicks was a very close friend from childhood and was a Lady in Waiting and travelled with the then Princess Elizabeth, whom she affectionately called 'Lillibet'.

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