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About Queen Elizabeth II in a speech to crowds in Casemates Square on Gibraltar National Day 2013.
• (12 September 2015), "Gibraltar: Elizabeth “our Queen by invitation and not by imposition; twice voted”", MercoPress retrieved: 20 October 2015
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We, her people of Gibraltar, are perhaps the only ones in her reign who have chosen to remain British on two occasions... We’ve chosen her twice... So we can proudly say that she is our Queen by invitation and not imposition.

— Fabian Picardo

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We, her people of Gibraltar, are perhaps the only ones in her reign who have chosen to remain British on two occasions... We’ve chosen her twice... So we can proudly say that she is our Queen by invitation and not imposition." in the context of "About Queen Elizabeth II in a speech to crowds in Casemates Square on Gibraltar National Day 2013.
• (12 September 2015), "Gibraltar: Elizabeth “our Queen by invitation and not by imposition; twice voted”", MercoPress retrieved: 20 October 2015" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Fabian Picardo

About Fabian Picardo

Fabian Picardo (born 18 February 1972) is a Gibraltarian politician and barrister. In April 2011 he was elected as leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party and in December 2011 he became Chief Minister of Gibraltar after his party won the 2011 Gibraltarian general election.