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The Spectator’s Notes | 23 November 2017

Also: mass immigration and energy prices – the two big discontents forcing parties to consider their positions

issue 25 November 2017

Windsor Castle on Monday night sounds like a children’s party magnified. The rooms were filled with golden-leaved trees. A giant block of ice carved with the initials of the Queen on one side and the Duke of Edinburgh on the other dominated the reception room. Her sons wore their Windsor coats.

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