David McCann on December 17, 2014, 2:52 pm | Readers 1795
Earlier today the bookmaker Coral closed the market on bets around whether the Queen would announce in her Christmas broadcast this year that she was to step down. This would follow the practice of other European Monarch’s who have annouced their abidications in favour of a younger generation.
There was a flurry of bets in the aftermath of her speech being recorded by the BBC.
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