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Britain’s smallest city has 1,800 residents and anchors this six day Welsh drive

St David’s earns its city status from a 12th century cathedral rather than its size, and it sits roughly halfway along a coastal road trip that runs from the Severn crossing to Anglesey.

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Britain’s smallest city has 1,800 residents and anchors this six day Welsh drive

Britain’s smallest city has 1,800 residents and anchors this six day Welsh drive
Visitors still leave dolls for the ghost of a girl under Edinburgh’s Royal Mile

Visitors still leave dolls for the ghost of a girl under Edinburgh’s Royal Mile

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Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon and then coughed his way through Buckingham Palace

Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon and then coughed his way through Buckingham Palace
Royal protection officers called Queen Elizabeth "Sharon" when she was out in public

Royal protection officers called Queen Elizabeth "Sharon" when she was out in public

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