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Queen Angela Rippon's diamond jubilee: At 81, she's still lighting up our screens - thanks to Strictly, staying single and sticking it to the sexists

As a young girl, inspired by her father's pictures from the Second World War, she had dreamed of becoming a photojournalist - firmly positioned behind the camera rather than in front of it.

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