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Queen Elizabeth II's secret letter locked in a vault and cannot be opened till 2085, here's why

timeBritain's longest-regining monarch Queen Elizabeth II wrote a secret letter in November 1986, which is addressed to the people of Sydney. The secret letter is now hidden in a vault in the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney, Australia which cannot be opened for the next 63 years until 2085!

As per a 7NEWS Australia report, not even the Queen's personal staff knows what's the content of her secret letter which is kept inside a glass case in a restricted area. The Queen wrote the letter to celebrate the restoration of the Queen Victoria building, which was built in 1898 in honour and celebration of Queen Victoria's the Diamond Jubilee. It is noted that Queen Victoria was Queen Elizabeth II’s great-grandmother.

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