From MSNBC.COM:

At 80, queen’s popularity endures and grows

How about recognition for a job well done after 54 years on the throne?

LONDON — So what do you give a queen celebrating her 80th birthday?

Another crown seems pointless — she owns the world’s most magnificent ones.

Wait, she’s an animal lover!

Nah — the London Zoo is full of such four-legged gifts, including a jaguar, sloths and two black beavers from Canada.

What about a nice $100 bill in a fancy envelope?

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