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            <text>&lt;p class="seal" style="text-align:left;"&gt;L. S.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Elizabeth R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OUR WILL and Pleasure is and We do hereby authorize and empower you to make use of the Great Seal engraven with the Arms Name and Inscription of Our Royal Father King George the Sixth for sealing all things whatsoever that are used to be sealed therewith until another Great Seal be made with Our Royal Arms Name and Inscription.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;    AND for so doing this shall be your Warrant.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;GIVEN at Our Court at Saint James’s&lt;br /&gt;the Eighth day of February, 1952;&lt;br /&gt;In the First Year of Our Reign.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;By Her Majesty’s Command.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;David Maxwell-Fyfe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To Our Right Trusty and Well&lt;br /&gt;beloved Counsellor&lt;br /&gt;Gavin Turnbull, Baron Simonds,&lt;br /&gt;Our High Chancellor of Great Britain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The existing Great Seal to be used.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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