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The Rt Hon Sir Robin Janvrin, [[KCB]] [[KCVO]], was born in [[1946]], and educated at [[Marlborough College]], [[Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth]] and [[Brasenose College]] of the [[University of Oxford]], from which he received a [[First class]] [[BA]] degree in [[1969]], and later an [[MA]].
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| caption = Janvrin in 2019
| office = [[Private Secretary to the Sovereign]]
| term_start = 4 February 1999
| term_end = 8 September 2007
| monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]
| predecessor = [[Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes|Sir Robert Fellowes]]
| successor = [[Christopher Geidt|Sir Christopher Geidt]]
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'''Robin Berry Janvrin, Baron Janvrin''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCB|GCVO|QSO|PC}} (born 20 September 1946) is a British naval officer, diplomat, and courtier who was [[Private Secretary to the Sovereign|private secretary]] to [[Elizabeth II]] from February 1999 to September 2007.


==Early life==
He entered the [[Royal Navy]] in [[1964]], and served until [[1975]]. He then joined the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. He was a [[Second Secretary]] in 1975, and was appointed [[First Secretary]] at the mission to [[NATO]] in [[1976]]. Robin Janvrin was First Secretary in [[New Delhi]] 1981-84, during which he was made a [[LVO]] for services during the [[state visit]] by [[Her Majesty]] The [[Queen]] to [[India]].
Born in [[Cheltenham]], [[Gloucestershire]], Robin Berry Janvrin is the son of Vice Admiral Sir [[Richard Janvrin]] and Nancy Fielding. He was educated at [[Marlborough College]], [[Britannia Royal Naval College]], [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]], and [[Brasenose College, Oxford]], from which he received a [[British undergraduate degree classification|first class]] [[Bachelor of Arts|bachelor's]] degree in [[philosophy, politics and economics]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bowers|first=John|author-link=John Bowers (lawyer)|date=2021-02-16|title=Principal's Blog: 16th February 2021|url=https://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/about-brasenose/princblog/2361-principal-s-blog-16th-february-2021|access-date=2022-02-02|publisher=[[Brasenose College, Oxford]]}}</ref> in 1969, and of which he was made an Honorary Fellow in 1999. In 1962, he was selected to attend [[Camp Rising Sun (New York)|Camp Rising Sun]] in upstate New York.


==Career==
Janvrin was then [[Counsellor]] and [[Deputy Head of Department]] for the Personnel Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1985-87.
Janvrin entered the [[Royal Navy]] in 1964, was commissioned as an [[acting sub-lieutenant]] on 1 September 1966,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44661|pages=9347–9348|date=27 August 1968}}</ref> promoted [[lieutenant]] on 4 March 1971,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=45454|page=9185|date=24 August 1971}}</ref> and served until 2 July 1975.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46638|page=9320|date=21 July 1975}}</ref> He subsequently became a member of the [[Castaways' Club]]. On leaving the navy, Janvrin joined the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. He was a [[Second Secretary]] in 1975 and was appointed [[Diplomatic rank|First Secretary]] at the mission to [[NATO]] in 1976. He was officially appointed an Officer of the Diplomatic Service on 7 February 1979.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=47811|page=4500|date=5 April 1979}}</ref> Janvrin was First Secretary in [[New Delhi]] from 1981 to 1984, during which time he was made a member of the 4th Class of the [[Royal Victorian Order]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=49569|page=16478|date=13 December 1983}} Membership of the 4th Class was subsequently renamed so members of this grade became Lieutenants of the order, and were entitled to the [[postnominals]] LVO.</ref> for services during the Queen's [[state visit]] to India.


Janvrin was then [[Consul (representative)|counsellor]] and deputy head of the Department for the Personnel Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1985 to 1987.
In [[1987]] he was recruited as [[Press Secretary]] to The [[Queen]], though it was initially thought that he would be appointed [[Assistant Press Secretary]]. In [[1990]] he became [[Assistant Private Secretary]] to The Queen, and in [[1996]] the [[Deputy Private Secretary]]. In February [[1999]] he succeeded the Rt Hon [[Lord Fellowes]], GCB GCVO QSO PC, as [[Private Secretary to the Sovereign]].


On 1 June 1987 Janvrin was recruited as [[press secretary]] to the Queen,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50942|page=7387|date=9 June 1987}}</ref> though it was initially thought that he would be appointed assistant press secretary. In 1990, he was awarded the [[New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |author-link1=Alister Taylor |author-link2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=202}}</ref> On 19 October 1990 he became assistant [[private secretary]] to the Queen,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=52306|page=16315|date=19 October 1990}}</ref> and in 1996 the deputy private secretary. He was promoted a [[commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] in the [[1994 New Year Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=53527|page=4|date=30 December 1993}}</ref> a [[companion of the Order of the Bath]] in the [[1997 New Year Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=54625|supp=y|page=3|date=30 December 1996}}</ref> and a [[knight commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] in the [[1998 New Year Honours]],.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=54993|supp=y|page=3|date=30 December 1997}}</ref> In February 1999 he succeeded [[Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes|Sir Robert Fellowes]] (later Lord Fellowes) as [[private secretary to the sovereign]]. He was promoted to [[knight commander of the Order of the Bath]] in the [[2003 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56797|supp=y |page=2|date=31 December 2002}}</ref>
In [[1994]] he was made a [[CVO]], and was promoted to [[KCVO]] in [[1998]]. In [[1997]] he was made a [[CB]], and was advanced to [[KCB]] in [[2003]].

Janvrin was also a trustee of the Queen's 80th Birthday Trust,<ref>[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ShowCharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1113063&SubsidiaryNumber=0&TID=3173407&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 Trustee, Queen's 80th Birthday Trust]</ref> and was the chairman of trustees of [[The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry]] from 29 September 2009 to 1 April 2016.

Janvrin retired in September 2007, and was succeeded as private secretary by [[Christopher Geidt]].<ref name="Buckingham Palace 2006">{{cite press release|title= Announcement of the retirement of Sir Robin Janvrin|publisher= Buckingham Palace|date= 2006-12-19|url= http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5721.asp|accessdate=2007-01-04 }}</ref> He was promoted to [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] in the [[2007 Birthday Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58358|supp=y |page=2|date=16 June 2007}}</ref> and, on 24 July, it was announced that Janvrin would be made a [[life peer]], as one of the ten public servants per Parliament whom the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] may nominate for a peerage upon their retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page12594.asp|title= Announcement of Janvrin's life peerage nomination for service as Private Secretary to the Queen|publisher= 'Number 10' website|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070926220431/http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page12594.asp|archivedate= 26 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58411 |page=11251|date=3 August 2007}}</ref> His title was gazetted as ''Baron Janvrin'', of [[Chalford Hill]] in the [[County of Gloucestershire]] on 10 October,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58495 |page=15513|date=26 October 2007}}</ref> and he sits as a [[crossbencher]] in the [[House of Lords]]. On the day of his retirement, 8 September, Janvrin was also promoted to [[Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order]] by the Queen.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58465 |page=14061|date=28 September 2007}}</ref> In October, the Queen appointed Lord Janvrin to be a permanent [[lord-in-waiting]] in the royal household.<ref>''The Times'', 9 September 2007</ref>

In the [[2008 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2008 New Zealand New Year Honours]], Lord Janvrin was made a [[companion of the Queen's Service Order]] for "services to New Zealand as Private Secretary to The Queen".<ref>[http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/list.asp?id=40 DPMC – New Zealand Honours]</ref>

On 7 January 2008 Janvrin took up his appointment of deputy chairman, HSBC Private Bank (UK). Janvrin is also chairman of [[The Leadership Council]], a research and [[thought leadership]] body in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theleadershipagency.com/the-leadership-council.asp |title=The Leadership Agency &#124;&#124; the Leadership Council |accessdate=2011-11-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025044622/http://www.theleadershipagency.com/the-leadership-council.asp |archivedate=25 October 2011}}</ref> In 2008, he replaced [[Christopher Mallaby|Sir Christopher Mallaby]] as president of the British [[Entente Cordiale Scholarships|Entente Cordiale Scholarship]] trust.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/IMG/pdf_100917_EC_Brochure_115x170_pdf_SG.pdf|title = Regards Voices Around the world in seven Entente Cordiale scholars' stories |publisher = website}}</ref>

==Marriage==
Janvrin married Isabelle de Boissonneaux de Chevigny, daughter of French aristocrat Yann de Boissonneaux de Chevigny, in 1977.

==In popular culture==
Janvrin was portrayed by [[Roger Allam]] in [[Stephen Frears]]' ''[[The Queen (2006 film)|The Queen]]'' (2006) starring [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-winner Dame [[Helen Mirren]]. The film, which deals with the immediate aftermath of the death of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], in 1997, inaccurately portrays Janvrin, then deputy private secretary to the Sovereign, as private secretary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.all-allam.com/film2.html|title=The Queen (2006)|publisher=Roger Allam Films|accessdate=31 October 2014}}</ref> In 1997, the position of Private Secretary was occupied by [[Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes|Robert Fellowes]] - who was also Diana's brother-in-law, being married to her sister [[Jane Fellowes, Lady Fellowes|Jane]].

Janvrin was portrayed by [[Jamie Parker]] in [[The Crown (season 6)|season 6]] of ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''. In episode 4, "Aftermath", Janvrin is depicted informing [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]], [[Charles III|Prince Charles]], and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|The Duke of Edinburgh]] of the death of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Crown Season 6 Recreates Prince Charles' Real 'cry of pain" After Being Told Diana Had Died |url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2023/11/17/the-crown-season-6-recreates-prince-charles-real-cry-of-pain-after-being-told-diana-had-died/ |access-date=28 November 2023 |work=HITC|first=Paul|last=Fogarty|language=en}}</ref>

==Honours==
On 10 October 2007 Sir Robert was raised to a peerage as Baron Janvrin.
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===Styles===
*Mr Robin Janvrin 1946–1983
*Mr Robin Janvrin {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MVO}} 1983–1984
*Mr Robin Janvrin {{post-nominals|country=GBR|LVO}} 1984–1994
*Mr Robin Janvrin {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CVO}} 1994–1997
*Mr Robin Janvrin {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB|CVO}} 1997–1998
*[[The Rt Hon]] Sir Robin Janvrin {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCVO|CB}} 1998–2003
*The Rt Hon Sir Robin Janvrin {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB|KCVO}} 2003 – 16 June 2007
*The Rt Hon Sir Robin Janvrin {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|KCVO}} 16 June 2007 – 8 September 2007
*The Rt Hon Sir Robin Janvrin {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCVO}} 8 September 2007 – 10 October 2007
*The Rt Hon The Lord Janvrin {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCVO|PC}} 10 October 2007 – 2008
*The Rt Hon The Lord Janvrin {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCVO|QSO|PC}} 2008–present

==References==
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Latest revision as of 01:01, 13 November 2024

The Right Honourable
The Lord Janvrin
GCB GCVO QSO PC
Janvrin in 2019
Private Secretary to the Sovereign
In office
4 February 1999 – 8 September 2007
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded bySir Robert Fellowes
Succeeded bySir Christopher Geidt
Press Secretary to the Sovereign
In office
1 June 1987 – 19 October 1990
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byMichael Shea
Succeeded byCharles Anson
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 October 2007
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1946-09-20) 20 September 1946 (age 78)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Spouse
Isabelle de Boissonneaux de Chevigny
​
​
(m. 1977)​
Parent(s)Richard Janvrin
Nancy Fielding
Alma materBritannia Royal Naval College and Brasenose College, Oxford
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceRoyal Navy
Years of service1966–1975
RankLieutenant

Robin Berry Janvrin, Baron Janvrin, GCB, GCVO, QSO, PC (born 20 September 1946) is a British naval officer, diplomat, and courtier who was private secretary to Elizabeth II from February 1999 to September 2007.

Early life

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Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Robin Berry Janvrin is the son of Vice Admiral Sir Richard Janvrin and Nancy Fielding. He was educated at Marlborough College, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and Brasenose College, Oxford, from which he received a first class bachelor's degree in philosophy, politics and economics[1] in 1969, and of which he was made an Honorary Fellow in 1999. In 1962, he was selected to attend Camp Rising Sun in upstate New York.

Career

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Janvrin entered the Royal Navy in 1964, was commissioned as an acting sub-lieutenant on 1 September 1966,[2] promoted lieutenant on 4 March 1971,[3] and served until 2 July 1975.[4] He subsequently became a member of the Castaways' Club. On leaving the navy, Janvrin joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He was a Second Secretary in 1975 and was appointed First Secretary at the mission to NATO in 1976. He was officially appointed an Officer of the Diplomatic Service on 7 February 1979.[5] Janvrin was First Secretary in New Delhi from 1981 to 1984, during which time he was made a member of the 4th Class of the Royal Victorian Order[6] for services during the Queen's state visit to India.

Janvrin was then counsellor and deputy head of the Department for the Personnel Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1985 to 1987.

On 1 June 1987 Janvrin was recruited as press secretary to the Queen,[7] though it was initially thought that he would be appointed assistant press secretary. In 1990, he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[8] On 19 October 1990 he became assistant private secretary to the Queen,[9] and in 1996 the deputy private secretary. He was promoted a commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1994 New Year Honours,[10] a companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1997 New Year Honours,[11] and a knight commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1998 New Year Honours,.[12] In February 1999 he succeeded Sir Robert Fellowes (later Lord Fellowes) as private secretary to the sovereign. He was promoted to knight commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2003 New Year Honours.[13]

Janvrin was also a trustee of the Queen's 80th Birthday Trust,[14] and was the chairman of trustees of The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry from 29 September 2009 to 1 April 2016.

Janvrin retired in September 2007, and was succeeded as private secretary by Christopher Geidt.[15] He was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 2007 Birthday Honours[16] and, on 24 July, it was announced that Janvrin would be made a life peer, as one of the ten public servants per Parliament whom the Prime Minister may nominate for a peerage upon their retirement.[17][18] His title was gazetted as Baron Janvrin, of Chalford Hill in the County of Gloucestershire on 10 October,[19] and he sits as a crossbencher in the House of Lords. On the day of his retirement, 8 September, Janvrin was also promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order by the Queen.[20] In October, the Queen appointed Lord Janvrin to be a permanent lord-in-waiting in the royal household.[21]

In the 2008 New Zealand New Year Honours, Lord Janvrin was made a companion of the Queen's Service Order for "services to New Zealand as Private Secretary to The Queen".[22]

On 7 January 2008 Janvrin took up his appointment of deputy chairman, HSBC Private Bank (UK). Janvrin is also chairman of The Leadership Council, a research and thought leadership body in the UK.[23] In 2008, he replaced Sir Christopher Mallaby as president of the British Entente Cordiale Scholarship trust.[24]

Marriage

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Janvrin married Isabelle de Boissonneaux de Chevigny, daughter of French aristocrat Yann de Boissonneaux de Chevigny, in 1977.

[edit]

Janvrin was portrayed by Roger Allam in Stephen Frears' The Queen (2006) starring Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren. The film, which deals with the immediate aftermath of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, inaccurately portrays Janvrin, then deputy private secretary to the Sovereign, as private secretary.[25] In 1997, the position of Private Secretary was occupied by Robert Fellowes - who was also Diana's brother-in-law, being married to her sister Jane.

Janvrin was portrayed by Jamie Parker in season 6 of The Crown. In episode 4, "Aftermath", Janvrin is depicted informing the Queen, Prince Charles, and The Duke of Edinburgh of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.[26]

Honours

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On 10 October 2007 Sir Robert was raised to a peerage as Baron Janvrin.

Country Date Appointment Ribbon Post-nominal letters Notes
United Kingdom 1983 Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order LVO[27] Was promoted to CVO in 1994
1994 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO Was promoted to KCVO in 1998
1997 Companion of the Order of the Bath CB Was promoted to KCB in 2003
1998 Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO Was promoted to GCVO in 2007
2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
2003 Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB Was promoted to GCB in 2007
Saskatchewan, Canada 2005 Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan
United Kingdom 16 June 2007 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
8 September 2007 Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO
New Zealand 2008 Companion of the Queen's Service Order QSO

Styles

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  • Mr Robin Janvrin 1946–1983
  • Mr Robin Janvrin MVO 1983–1984
  • Mr Robin Janvrin LVO 1984–1994
  • Mr Robin Janvrin CVO 1994–1997
  • Mr Robin Janvrin CB CVO 1997–1998
  • The Rt Hon Sir Robin Janvrin KCVO CB 1998–2003
  • The Rt Hon Sir Robin Janvrin KCB KCVO 2003 – 16 June 2007
  • The Rt Hon Sir Robin Janvrin GCB KCVO 16 June 2007 – 8 September 2007
  • The Rt Hon Sir Robin Janvrin GCB GCVO 8 September 2007 – 10 October 2007
  • The Rt Hon The Lord Janvrin GCB GCVO PC 10 October 2007 – 2008
  • The Rt Hon The Lord Janvrin GCB GCVO QSO PC 2008–present

References

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  1. ^ Bowers, John (16 February 2021). "Principal's Blog: 16th February 2021". Brasenose College, Oxford. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ "No. 44661". The London Gazette. 27 August 1968. pp. 9347–9348.
  3. ^ "No. 45454". The London Gazette. 24 August 1971. p. 9185.
  4. ^ "No. 46638". The London Gazette. 21 July 1975. p. 9320.
  5. ^ "No. 47811". The London Gazette. 5 April 1979. p. 4500.
  6. ^ "No. 49569". The London Gazette. 13 December 1983. p. 16478. Membership of the 4th Class was subsequently renamed so members of this grade became Lieutenants of the order, and were entitled to the postnominals LVO.
  7. ^ "No. 50942". The London Gazette. 9 June 1987. p. 7387.
  8. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 202. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  9. ^ "No. 52306". The London Gazette. 19 October 1990. p. 16315.
  10. ^ "No. 53527". The London Gazette. 30 December 1993. p. 4.
  11. ^ "No. 54625". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1996. p. 3.
  12. ^ "No. 54993". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1997. p. 3.
  13. ^ "No. 56797". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2002. p. 2.
  14. ^ Trustee, Queen's 80th Birthday Trust
  15. ^ "Announcement of the retirement of Sir Robin Janvrin" (Press release). Buckingham Palace. 19 December 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2007.
  16. ^ "No. 58358". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2007. p. 2.
  17. ^ "Announcement of Janvrin's life peerage nomination for service as Private Secretary to the Queen". 'Number 10' website. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007.
  18. ^ "No. 58411". The London Gazette. 3 August 2007. p. 11251.
  19. ^ "No. 58495". The London Gazette. 26 October 2007. p. 15513.
  20. ^ "No. 58465". The London Gazette. 28 September 2007. p. 14061.
  21. ^ The Times, 9 September 2007
  22. ^ DPMC – New Zealand Honours
  23. ^ "The Leadership Agency || the Leadership Council". Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  24. ^ "Regards Voices Around the world in seven Entente Cordiale scholars' stories" (PDF). website.
  25. ^ "The Queen (2006)". Roger Allam Films. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  26. ^ Fogarty, Paul. "The Crown Season 6 Recreates Prince Charles' Real 'cry of pain" After Being Told Diana Had Died". HITC. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  27. ^ (regraded from MVO 4th Class in 1984)
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