This year's Lord High Commissioner, the Queen's representative at the General Assembly, is Lord Wilson of Tillyorn.

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In fact, in 2000, the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court ruled there was strong enough evidence to support the extradition.

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Buckingham Palace have canceled all the queen's official engagements for the next week, including a high profile visit to Rome.

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