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Queen Elizabeth II is Britain's 'Most Familiar Enigma'

Reported by KTLA on Saturday, 2 June 2012 (on June 2, 2012)
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For Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, royalty and celebrity don't overlap, a distinction observers credited with helping to preserve the monarchy's appeal.

LONDON — Her face is everywhere: on stamps, coins, mugs and book covers. Her likeness has just been reproduced for the 23rd time at Madame Tussauds, London's famous wax museum. More visitors come to gawp at her house than probably any other residence in the world.


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