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Russell Myers & Jennifer Newton

Queen's emotional promise on Commonwealth Day as she's forced to miss 'special event'

The Queen has renewed a promise she made more than 70 years ago to devote her life to service in her annual Commonwealth Day message.

In a message ahead of this afternoon's event, the Queen said: "In this year of my Platinum Jubilee, it has given me pleasure to renew the promise I made in 1947, that my life will always be devoted in service."

The phrase echoes a speech the young Princess Elizabeth made on April 21 1947, to mark her 21st birthday during a tour of South Africa with her parents and younger sister Princess Margaret.

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