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Queen Elizabeth II (pronounced "Elizabeth 2") is the Queen of the British Empire, which consists mostly of Britain. She is the daughter of Elizabeth the queen mother, and came to power in the 100 Years War fought between Winston Churchill and Kaiser William.
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In 1995, during a separatist referendum campaign, the Queen was tricked into speaking, in both French and English, for fourteen minutes with 29-year-old Pierre Brassard, a DJ for Radio CKOI-FM Montreal, pretending to be then Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. When told that the separatists were showing a lead, the Queen revealed that she felt the "referendum may go the wrong way," adding, "if I can help in any way, I will be very happy to do so". However, she pointedly refused to accept "Chrétien"s advice that she intervene on the issue without first seeing a draft speech sent by him. (Her tactful handling of the call won plaudits from the DJ who made it.)[43] Chrétien later, in his memoirs, recounted the Queen's tongue-in-cheek comments to him regarding this affair: "'I didn't think you sounded quite like yourself,' she told me, 'but I thought, given all the duress you were under, you might have been drunk.'"[44]
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The Crown Estate manages property owned by The Queen "in right of the Crown" with origins dating back almost 1000 years. This official web site provides detailed information on the estates and their history.
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