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            <text>&lt;div class="instrument royal-licence" style="line-height:1.6;"&gt;&lt;!-- Page 1 --&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Page 1&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Elizabeth R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin Edward William Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Our Hereditary Marshal of England,&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Greeting!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;WHEREAS upon the decease of Timothy John Radcliffe Lord Gorell which happened on the twenty-fifth day of September Two Thousand and seven the title and dignity of Baron Gorell devolved upon John Picton Gorell Barnes now Lord Gorell as the only son and heir of Ronald Alexander Henry Barnes (commonly called the Honourable Ronald Alexander Henry Barnes) who died on the first day of September Two Thousand and three and who while living was the next brother and heir of the said Timothy John Radcliffe Lord Gorell;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:0;"&gt;AND WHEREAS according to the ordinary rules of honour Your Petitioner Elizabeth Gail Barnes-Dowson (née Barnes) the sister of the said John Picton Gorell Lord Gorell cannot enjoy the title rank place pre-eminence&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Royal Licence: Precedence for the sister of John Picton Gorell Lord Gorell.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Page 2&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top:0;text-indent:0;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;and precedence which would have been due to her had her father the said Ronald Alexander Henry Barnes (commonly called the Honourable Ronald Alexander Henry Barnes) survived his brother the said Timothy John Radcliffe Lord Gorell and thereby succeeded to the title and dignity of Baron Gorell;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;NOW KNOW YE that We for these and divers other considerations Us thereunto especially moving are graciously pleased to ordain and declare that Elizabeth Gail Barnes-Dowson (née Barnes) shall henceforth have hold and enjoy the same title rank place pre-eminence and precedence as the daughter of a Baron which would have been due to her had her father the said Ronald Alexander Henry Barnes (commonly called the Honourable Ronald Alexander Henry Barnes) survived his elder brother the said Timothy John Radcliffe Lord Gorell and thereby succeeded to the dignity of Baron Gorell:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:0;"&gt;OUR WILL AND PLEASURE therefore is that you the said Edward William Duke of Norfolk to whom the cognizance of such matters of this nature doth properly belong do see this Our order observed and kept and that you do also cause these Presents to be recorded in Our College of Arms to the&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Page 3&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top:0;text-indent:0;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;end that Our Officers of Arms and all others upon occasion may take notice and have knowledge thereof;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;AND for so doing this shall be your Warrant.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;Given at Our Court at Saint James’s&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;the 15th day of July 2021&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;in the seventieth Year of Our Reign&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;By Her Majesty’s Command&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Robert Buckland&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;L. S.&lt;/p&gt;
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