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Queen to mark decade of Brit School.

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The Queen's own Golden Jubilee celebrations are set to coincide with a first visit this summer to the Brit School, to mark its 10th anniversary.

Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, will drop into the Croydon-based school on July 4 to further extend a strong musical emphasis to her Golden Jubilee celebrations. The visit will come just a month after two celebratory concerts are due to take place in the grounds of Buckingham Palace and follows the school's recent success in receiving the Government's Annual School Awards for achievement and excellence.

"It seems fitting during our anniversary that the Queen should visit us during her 50th," says Brit School company secretary Richard Elliot. "It is tremendous that a specialist arts education [school], geared to an industry ...

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