Monarch tours Windsor delivery office day before she turns 90 to note 500 years of the postal serviceOn the eve of her 90th birthday,the Queen joined in the anniversary celebrations of another British institution, the postal service, and joking she had probably added significantly to its workload this week. Five hundred years after Henry VIII knighted Brian Tuke,the first Master of the Posts, main to the creation of the Royal Mail we know today, or the Queen toured her local Windsor postal depot,renamed in her honour.
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Source: theguardian.com