Stop work on a revised citizen test, save some consultancy fees, and instead set your TV to record Danny Boyle's opening ceremony on 27 July.

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As a private citizen, he has helped to save the lives of millions of people around the world.

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Australia has made a Swedish diplomat who helped save tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust its first honorary citizen.

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