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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Queen Sofia: "Europe's lonely royal consort"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/9276931/Queen-Sofia-of-Spain-Europes-lonely-royal-consort.html
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