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By Rebecca Russell Veteran BBC royal reporter Jennie Bond has lifted the lid on the day when she left the late Queen far from amused. On a state visit to South Korea in 1999, Elizabeth II was being told a boring anecdote. So knowing the monarch was a keen equestrian, Jennie tried to liven things up by telling an anecdote about a horse – but it fell at the first fence. Jennie, 73, reveals: “I was told to tell her she would remember Jupiter because he always used to blow raspberries. So I burst into the conversation and said, ‘Oh, ma’am, I just wanted to send you the good wishes of Jupiter. You’…

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