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and the established order was being challenged. but predictions of a wave of republicanism proved unfounded. and, marking 25 years on the throne, the queen s silverjubilee in 1977 was a moment when the nation came together to celebrate the monarchy. when i was 21, i pledged my life to the service of our people. although that vow was made in my salad days when i was green injudgment, i do not regret nor retract one word of it. # stars in your eyes, little ones.# the 1980s saw the queen encourage the next generation of royals to take centre stage. # ..the land of make believe.# the decade saw the nation at war, not least with itself. but the exhibition of family values threatened to become a pantomime, as the strains of royal relationships emerged. a soap opera, with the queen as long suffering matriarch. # everybody hurts.# four decades after ascending her throne, the pressures on elizabeth became incendiary. 1992 is not a year on which i shall look back with undiluted p ....