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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Louise Boyle

David Miliband remembers ‘dignified, not stuffy’ Queen and how his wife and Condoleezza Rice serenaded her

Climate Group

Former UK foreign secretary David Miliband has shared personal memories of Queen Elizabeth II as Britain’s longest-reigning monarch was laid to rest on Monday.

Mr Miliband, who has been based in New York for the past decade as executive director of the International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s leading humanitarian organisations, described the late Queen as “always dignified but not stuffy”.

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