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Britain’s Queen Victoria (1819 – 1901) loved the sea. Her “Bathing Machine,” a rolling beach cabin to protect her privacy, can still be seen today on the private beach of her country estate Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Try taking a dip in the cool waters today though and you may find yourself swimming in raw sewage. Cowes Beach, near Queen Victoria’s former home, is the most polluted beach in the country, awash with raw sewage, according to a new analysis. Dirty water flowed into the sea there for almost 5,000 hours last year, official data analysed by environmental campaigners Friends …

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