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BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

Opening Ceremony
Her Majesty the Queen (recorded)
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister of Canada speaking from Ottawa
The 'Prime Minister of Australia speaking from Sydney
The Prime Minister of New Zealand speaking from Wellington
The Postmaster General
The Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations with the BAND OF THE
ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE playing in Ottawa
The London part of the ceremony comes from Fleet Building, Farringdon Road where the scene is described by JOHN Timpson
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