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1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an 'Annus Horribilis'.

— Elizabeth II

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Speech at the Guildhall, London, to mark the 40th anniversary of her Accession (24 November 1992)

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