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Article: THE QUEEN AT 80: 80 great royal memories.
- Article from:
- Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England)
- Article date:
- April 18, 2006
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TO CELEBRATE the Queen's 80th birthday, Buckingham Palace released a list of 80 facts about the Queen. Here, we publish 80 facts about the Queen - with a Peterborough twist. Compiled by Rachel Wareing.
1 There are 332,016 people called Elizabeth in the UK - and 841 of them live in the Peterborough area.
2 The Queen is patron of Sue Ryder Care, which has a centre at Thorpe Hall, Longthorpe, Peterborough.
3 The Queen donated an undisclosed sum of money towards Peterborough Cathedral's [pounds sterling]7.3 million fund-raising drive in 1998.
4 After a devastating blaze at the Cathedral in 2002, she made another generous donation towards ...