When was nearing her 60th birthday, her then Press Secretary rang her from the intercom on his desk at and told her Queen Juliana of the Netherlands had just abdicated. Juliana was 71 and had been on the throne for 32 years. ‘Typical ,’ said the Queen disparagingly and hung up on him. No one was ever brave enough to make any comment of that nature again. Her faith in God was deep. She believed that He appointed her and the Crown was a symbol of that calling. She believed she had a duty to discharge with her life and she never wavered in that sense of duty.
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