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TIL that King George III’s Golden Jubilee - Britain’s first - held on 25th October 1809, saw whole oxen roasted in Windsor, fireworks at Frogmore, and debtors freed from prison. Babies were named “Jubilee George”, candles sold out, and monuments were raised across the country."

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