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The Queen speaks

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You recall all that kerfuffle we’ve had over the past few weeks regarding which of the Queen’s speeches is The Queen’s Speech? Olly may have had factual correctness on his side by saying it was her oratory at the State Opening of Parliament, but a public vote supported my assertion that everyone assumes it’s the one she makes at Christmas. Well, here’s some damning new evidence thanks to Mike in London:

I downloaded your first episode of 2010 and began listening to it.

Early into the episode, Olly Mann refers to the Christmas Message as the Queen’s Speech.

Boom. Investigative journalism medal please.

Congratulations Mike, here you go:

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2 Responses to “The Queen speaks”

  1. Mike from London's avatar Mike from London Says:
    December 15, 2010 at 1:25 pm | Reply

    Yesssss. Just spotted this. Will print the medal out and sellotape it to my chest.

  2. James's avatar James Says:
    December 14, 2010 at 6:12 pm | Reply

    Ludicrous!
    Since it was the first episode of 2010, that means it will have been in January sometime, just after the Queen’s Christmas message….
    Therefore IN CONTEXT, Olly could refer to it as the Queen’s Speech because it had only just happened and would be fresh in peoples’ minds. It was surely just down to the timing? If he’d mentioned it in the middle of summer then it would be far less certain, and I’d presume that he was referring to the factually-correct proper Queen’s Speech rather than her stupid little Christmas Message.

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