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Queen to have audience with the 'Queen of Soul'

US soul diva Aretha Franklin will perform for the British Queen at her Golden Jubilee celebrations next year, the singer has announced.

Fri, 14 Dec, 2001 - 07:46

US soul diva Aretha Franklin will perform for the British Queen at her Golden Jubilee celebrations next year, the singer has announced.

Franklin, 60, will perform four or five songs for 15,000 invited guests in the gardens of Buckingham Palace on the Jubilee Weekend in June.

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