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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (CL) takes a seat at the table between British Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague at a Cabinet meeting inside No 10 Downing Street in London December 18, 2012 to mark her 60 years on the throne. Queen Elizabeth II attended a British Cabinet meeting on December 18, the first such visit in more than a century. Historically, monarchs used to chair Cabinet meetings but the last one to exercise their right to attend was queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth’s great-great grandmother, who died in 1901. The 86-year-old sovereign sat in as an observer on the meeting and received a diamond jubilee gift from the Cabinet. AFP PHOTO / POOL / JEREMY SELWYNJEREMY SELWYN/AFP/Getty Images