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Jun 2012
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Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee: Pu...

Bbc World Service
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In 1977, The Sex Pistols punk rock band mocked Britain's Silver Jubilee celebrations.

They even wrote a song with the same title as the national anthem - God Save the Queen.

(Image: The Sex Pistols - left to right - Paul Cook, Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones and Glen Matlock. Credit: Press Association)

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