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Britain was a manufacturing and trading colossus in the 1950s, when Queen Elizabeth II became the nation's monarch, with shipbuilding one of its preeminent industries. PA
Britain was a manufacturing and trading colossus in the 1950s, when Queen Elizabeth II became the nation's monarch, with shipbuilding one of its preeminent industries. PA
Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years of tumultuous economic change
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Chris Blackhurst is a former editor of The Independent, based in London
14 September, 2022