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Daily Mail
The Queen has announced she will abdicate in 2013. The Palace has announced that 2013 will mark sixty years on the throne for the queen and will be a fitting time to abdicate and let Charles take over the monarchy. The Palace has timetabled the abdication for ten weeks after the official 60th anniversary on the 7th June 2013 and her reign will officially end on Friday 16th August 2013. Charles will be crowned king two weeks' later on Wednesday 28th August 2013. Details of bank holidays have yet to be announced.
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