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Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II

The Cabinet Office announces that eight British towns will become cities as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. The new cities are Milton Keynes, Colchester, and Doncaster in England, Dunfermline in Scotland, Wrexham in Wales, and Bangor in Northern Ireland, as well as Stanley, Falkland Islands, and Douglas, Isle of Man, which become the first towns in the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies, respectively, to receive city status.

Platinum Jubilee: Eight towns to be made cities for Platinum Jubilee

Sources:  BBC News

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  1. The Cabinet Office announces that eight British towns will become cities for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. The new cities are Milton Keynes, Colchester and Doncaster in England, Dunfermline in Scotland, Wrexham in Wales, Bangor, County Down, in Northern Ireland, as well as Stanley, Falkland Islands, and Douglas, Isle of Man, which become the first in British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, respectively, to receive city status.
  2. The Cabinet Office announces that eight British towns will become cities as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. The new cities are Milton Keynes, Colchester, and Doncaster in England, Dunfermline in Scotland, Wrexham in Wales, and Bangor in Northern Ireland, as well as Stanley, Falkland Islands, and Douglas, Isle of Man, which become the first towns in the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies, respectively, to receive city status.

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