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Tuesday, 24 December, 2002, 13:46 GMT

Queen's Christmas message

It was the year of her Golden Jubilee, but also the year in which she lost both her mother and her only sister. In her Christmas message to the Commonwealth the Queen reflects on 2002 as a: "momentous and rollercoaster year".

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