Rejected petition Make Fri June 10th a public holiday in recognition of the Queens 90th birthday

Whether you are a royalist or not, Elizabeth II has been in position for longer than any other British Monarch, & despite her age, she fulfilled over 430 public appointments last year - almost 2 a day. We already have the least public holidays in Europe (8), the most is 17. It's time to change

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If we are truly proud of Britain, the Queens official birthday should absolutely be a Bank Holiday. France has Bastille day, the USA has Independence Day. The UK needs a day celebrating our heritage - & what better day could there be? We currently have (with Spain) the lowest number of Bank Holidays in Europe (8), France has 12 & Germany 14 and Cyprus 17! So perhaps it is time we stopped being the lowest in Europe & celebrated a few more 'proud to be British' days, starting with this one.

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Date submitted 11 May 2016
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