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Tom Brown & Lanarkshire Live

'The Queen and I: The Way We Were' - Lanarkshire reporter's tales from the newsdesk

The Queen and I started our jobs on the same day in February 1952.

My first-ever assignment as a 16-year-old junior reporter was to hear the proclamation of HM’s accession to the throne being read from the steps of Kirkcaldy Town House. She wasn’t officially our Queen until she was also declared ruler of the Kingdom of Fife.

Looking back 70 years is to look back on another age and realise that the Queen and I ARE history.

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