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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 18: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Queen Elizabeth II leave Number 10 Downing Street (followed by British Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth II's Private Secretary Sir Christopher Geidt) after attending the Government's weekly Cabinet meeting on December 18, 2012 in London, England. The Queen's visit to the weekly Cabinet meeting as an observer is the first time a Monarch has attended the meeting since Queen Victoria's reign. (Photo by Indigo/Getty Images)

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 18: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Queen Elizabeth II leave Number 10 Downing Street (followed by British Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth II's Private Secretary Sir Christopher Geidt) after attending the Government's weekly Cabinet meeting on December 18, 2012 in London, England.  The Queen's visit to the weekly Cabinet meeting as an observer is the first time a Monarch has attended the meeting since Queen Victoria's reign. (Photo by Indigo/Getty Images)