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Premierminister Tony Blair verließ November 2002 und Oppositionsführer Iain Duncan Smith lässt der Mitglieder-Lobby im House Of Commons für das House Of Lords Mittwoch November 2002 um zu hören, die Queen Elizabeth
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Prime Minister Tony Blair (RIGHT) walks with former Prime Minister John Major to the House of Lords to hear the speech by Queen Elizabeth II, in a ritual steeped in centuries of
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