"Wouldn't let that family near me with a sharp stick, let alone a sword"
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Keith Richards, on knighthood and the royal family as quoted in BBC News (12 March 2007)
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Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II (21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the [[Unit
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