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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Lisa Salmon

Queen Elizabeth II and the 5 health benefits of never retiring

Most people look forward to retirement, so they can have a well-earned rest after working all their adult life – but the Queen, who died on Thursday at Balmoral aged 96, wasn’t most people.

One of the many exceptional things about the late monarch was she worked throughout her long reign, for around 30 years longer than the average working person, who retires in their mid-60s.

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