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Messages of Condolence
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HRH Princess
Shirley Joy Casley |
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Earl Marshal of the PHR |
Chief of the RHR Artillery & Commander RHR Military College. |
CinC and Troop Legion of Frontieresmen Independent Command Canada. |
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PHR High Representative to Central Europe & Balkans |
Director General PHR Diplomatic Security Force |
Lt Commanding 1st Barton Platoon RHRL |
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HRH Prince Leonard's Aide-de-Camp & Family |
President of: Royal Enfield Club of Australia Inc. |
Office of the Commander Royal Hutt River Navy |
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It was with great sadness that Evelyn and I received this news. I obviously knew Princess Shirley was not well but this still can as a shock. Please pass on our sincere condolences to Prince Leonard and the rest of the Royal Family and lets them know our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time.
Regards |
Your Highness, It is really the most sad news to hear about the demise of HRH Princess Shirley. Please accept my condolence over her demise. May the Lord give you the strength and patience to bear this shock. Myself and all my family is with you in these moments of sorrow. Faithfully yours, |
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Valerie and I were deeply
saddened to learn of the loss of Princess Shirley but are glad her end was
peaceful and her loved ones were with her.
Our sincere
condolences to Prince Leonard and the family.
Sincerely,
Sir Michael & Lady Valerie Barnes, K.S.O.L.
Willetton, WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
To: HRH Prince Leonard and Family
It is with great sadness that I
learned of the passing of HRH Princess Shirley.
Respectfully yours, |
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My sincere condolences, to everyone there at Hutt River. I
am sending you all my love from NYC and wish you every strength in
getting through this terribly hard time |
Dear Prince Leonard and Family
Our thoughts are with you
during this time. Linda, Jason and Keanu |
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PHR Flag at half-mast in Nain for the passing
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The news of Princess Shirley is extremely sad and caught me by surprise as I had no idea she was sick. My thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time. She was a wonderful woman that I was happy to have had the opportunity to meet in person. She will be very much missed. Please let me know if there is anything I can do for the Principality during this difficult time. Yours truly, |
On behalf of the
Royal Enfield Club of Australia, W.A. members, please pass on our
condolences to Prince Leonard and family on the passing of Princess Shirley. |
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To His Royal Highness Prince Leonard. Please accept my condolences on your loss in the passing of HRH Princess Shirley. While I unfortunately was not able to meet her, I've read much about her, and have heard wonderful things both from people in Hutt River and the many visitors who encountered her and remarked on her amazing hospitality and warmth. I can't imagine losing a spouse, particularly after being partners with them for so many years. You and your family remain in my thoughts. I know that you're a very spiritual man, and so I've enclosed my favorite quote, by G. K. Chesterton: The vault above us is not deaf because the universe is an idiot; the silence is not the heartless silence of an endless and aimless world. Rather the silence around us is a small and pitiful stillness like the prompt stillness in a sick room. We are perhaps permitted tragedy as a sort of merciful comedy: because the frantic energy of divine things would knock us down like a drunken farce. We can take our own tears more lightly than we could take the tremendous levities of the angels. So we sit perhaps in a starry chamber of silence, while the laughter of the heavens is too loud for us to hear. Sincerely, |
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To His
Highness Prince Leonard My very sincere best wishes |
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Prince Leonard, May I express my deep condolences to you and your family on your loss. With
Sympathy, |
To Prince Leonard and families our thoughts are with you at this time in the passing of Princess Shirley. She was such a lovely lady and will be sadly missed by all. Regards |
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Dear Prince Leonard, I was
shocked and saddened to hear about Princess Shirley. Yours Sincerely |
Dear Prince Leonard Your
Excellency, I wish to inform: I want to give my condolences to the family of his Excellency the Prince Leonard. This is a loss for all we identify with the Principality of Hutt River. May our Lord, bless us all. |
Australian flag at half-mast outside
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With sadness I have learned of the passing of HRH Princess Shirley. I would like to express my sincere condolences to our Sovereign HRH Prince Leonard, our Crown Prince HRH Prince Ian, and the whole family, our dear Princes’ and Duchesses, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Despite the distance, I am with the royal
family to give them warmth, affection and the whole support that I can
humbly offer. Princess Shirley, may God welcome you among the angels, like His most precious rose. Wishing
you peace as you grieve this loss. |
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To HRH
Prince Leonard and Families, |
Your Highness Prince Leonard It is
terrible and very sad news about the loss of Princess Shirley, your wife. Respectfully. |
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Shirley Joy Casley - Late 1940's |
HRH Prince Leonard and Family, |
Dear Prince Leonard and Royal Family
It was
with great sadness that I learned today of the passing of HRH Princess
Shirley.
Regards |
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with much sadness that I learned today of the passing of Princess Shirley.
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On behalf of Joy, myself and Cristal we wish to offer our sincere condolences to Prince Leonard and the family during this sad time.
Jeffrey M Graham
OIOM |
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On behalf of the Principality of Hutt River Rally Team, all team members past and present offer their sincere condolences and best wishes to Prince Leonard and the family during this sad occasion.
Jeffrey M Graham
OIOM |
HRH Prince Leonard and family It was with great sadness that we heard of the death of you beloved Wife and Mother, Princess Shirley. We wish you all the best and offer our sincere condolences on her passing. Please feel free to call on us if there is anything that we can do to assist in this difficult time. I remain,
as always, your loyal servant |
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HRH Prince Leonard and Family, I am very
sorry to hear about your loss and wish to express my deepest sympathies to
you and your family. Prof. Lucas Festugato |
Prince Leonard, My deepest sympathies to you, your family and the Principality of Hutt River. May she rest in peace. Best Regards, |
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To His Royal Highness Prince Leonard, Please accept the condolences of my wife Patricia and myself on your loss in the passing of HRH Princess Shirley. Unfortunately we did not have the pleasure of meeting her or yourself but have felt we have known both of you both through our friend David Burkart in Florida who told us of the wonderful things you have done together in the name of your principality. Loss of one partner is the greatest loss of all, and being married for 66 years are you were is especially hard to accept. My wife and I have been married only 54 years and to lose her would simply be too difficult to imagine.
So although we are strangers in one sense we are together in many other
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Leonard |
HRH Prince Leonard and family It was with
much sadness that I learnt of the passing of Princess Shirley. My condolences to you and your family. Regards |
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TO HRH PRINCE LEONARD and Family
We are so sorry to hear of
the passing of your beloved wife HRH Princess Shirley. Thanks |
Dear Prince
Leonard and Family |
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To our dear
friend and Sovereign HRH Prince Leonard and also to all other members of the
royal family of the Principality of Hutt River. |
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Our heart felt condolences to you and your family. As a proud Australian I have always been amazed at what you have achieved. Our Best Regards |
To the Casley family, Our deepest sympathy and thoughts to the family since the passing of HRH Princess Shirley. RIP Princess Shirley. Robert Jones and family. |
Royal Family Diamond Wedding Anniversary Dinner - 2007 L-R (Rear) Duchess Kay, Prince Wayne, Duchess Diane, Prince Ian, Prince Richard, Prince Graeme. L-R (Front) HRH Princess Shirley, HRH Prince Leonard Duchess Sherryl. |
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Our deepest
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To all at
Hutt River Province........Some years ago my husband and I had the
pleasure of being shown around the area by Prince Leonard.......I have the
most delightful photos of myself and my husband, with the Prince, and
though we saw Princess Shirley we did not have the privilege of meeting
her. You are in out thoughts at
this sad time. |
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I would like
to extend the condolences of the Midwest Clontarf Academy for your profound
loss. |
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Prince Leonard and Family |
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Princess Shirley @ Diamond Wedding Anniversary - 2007 |
To Prince Leonard and all in the principality It is with
great sadness that we heard of the passing of Princess Shirley. We enjoyed
her company on our visit and looked forward to a return visit.
Respectfully yours |
HRH Prince Leonard.
I am very sorry to hear of the
passing of HRH Princess Shirley, I hope that you are coping and that your
health is good. Good luck in the future. Yours Sincerely |
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Dear Prince Leonard and Family It is with great sadness that I am writing this letter of condolence to you all. I know what it is like to lose a mother and I can sympathise wholeheartedly with how you feel at this time. HRH Princess Shirley was a fantastic hostess and I will always remember the day of my own investiture, I was so proud to have my medal pinned on by the lady herself. HRH Princess Shirley looked fantastic in her tiara and Royal regalia. I cannot forget her ever smiling face. I was a great honour to have met such a fantastic woman. I will try my best to keep my promise to HRH Princess Shirley and continue to promote the PHR in any way that I can. I am in Finland at the moment and I have brought my flag with me and is at half mast. I regret that I cannot attend the Service on Friday but my heart is with you all at this difficult time. Until we meet again we know
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HRH Prince Leonard It came as a
great shock to read of the passing of your wife of so many years, Princess
Shirley. Regards |
HRH Prince Leonard and family. Please accept
my condolences on the loss of Princess Shirley. My thoughts are with you. |
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Your Royal
Highness PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL |
Prince Leonard, Family and All Concerned: I deeply wish to express my condolences in the passing of HRH Princess Shirley. Dr. Sir
Dennis M. Knable KRO |
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Dear Prince Leonard I am very sad to learn that Princess Shirley has passed away. On behalf of Benevolent Hands I would like to offer condolences to you, the family and everyone at the Principality of Hutt River. When Princess Shirley awarded Benevolent Hands the Red Cross of Hutt Charity Shield it was the first time that our organization's work had been recognized by any government. I was touched that Her Royal Highness should honour our work. I will be praying for Princess Shirley and yourself at this sad time. Yours sincerely, |
2009 Presentation L - R FRONT Prince Ian, Sir Doug Bibby KSOL, HRH Princess Shirley, Dame Pat Hodges DCSOL REAR Prince Richard, HRH Prince Leonard |
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Dear Hutt River Province, I have been an admirer of your state since you first came into my knowledge base as a teenager in the 70’s, appearing on the news and inspiring me as a simple teenager. Prince Leonard and Princess Shirley were my heroes. Despite having never had the pleasure of a visit to Hutt River, the simple delight of knowledge of your existence would still make me smile throughout the years of my life.
I am Greatly saddened to hear
about the death of Princess Shirley. Yours
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I am writing
from the UK and have just received and read the distressing news. With sincere wishes and
blessings - Rabbi |
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I am very,
very sad about the news. I had great affection for Princess Shirley. To
express condolences is not enough for the loss. My deepest and sincere
feelings to Prince Leonard. With kindest greetings. |
I am very sorry to hear of the loss of Princess Shirley, my thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time. Yours Sincerely |
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Dear Prince Leonard, Ian and I extend to you our sorrow on hearing of the loss of your
dear wife and partner, HRH Princess Shirley. You and your family are in our
thoughts. We have been proud to have met you both and send our love and best
wishes. Sincerely, Fran Henke (Mrs). |
Dear Prince Leonard So sorry to hear the passing of Princess Shirley. My thoughts are with you, I often think about you as I always enjoyed your company. Kindest regards, |
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We, the Verster family from South Africa (Theo & Bets) were deeply shocked to hear of the passing of Princess Shirley. Please be ensured that we will pray for strength for the Prince and his family in this dark hour. Your Friends |
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ROYAL WEDDING Lady Melissa Casley & Mr. Brett Miller 24 Oct 2009 L - R Prince Ian, Duchess Annette, Mr. Brett Miller, Lady Melissa Casley, HRH Princess Shirley, HRH Prince Leonard. |
To hear about the demise of HRH Princess Shirley was indeed very sad news. We present our heartfelt condolences for this loss, and issue a statement of solidarity with HRH Prince Leonard and his family, in these moments of sorrow. With our respectfull and
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To Prince Leonard, his family, constituents and supporters of the Principality of Hutt River I send my best wishes at this sad time. Hoping that you can be inspired by the beauty and sincerity of your matriarch at this sad time. I had the pleasure to meet Princess Shirley and will always remember her welcoming smile, generosity and love for both life and her family. May Princess Shirley rest in peace. Sincerely |
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Dear Prince Leonard,
I have only just
received the news of your great loss and wish to pass on my and my wife’s
deepest sympathy and condolences on this occasion.
Sir Peter Kemp
K.O.W. L. |
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Dear Prince Leonard and family and members of Hutt River Principality I was saddened to hear of the death of Princess Shirley. My thoughts are with you all at this time. I send condolences and sympathy and my wishes that time may heal some of hurt and loss you now feel. I had the pleasure of visiting Hutt River last year and the great pleasure to meet both Princess Shirley and Prince Leonard. So many people have great respect and admiration for all that Hutt River has accomplished – long may it continue.
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Dear Prince Leonard Having just heard of the passing of Princess Shirley, my wife and I wish to pass on our sincere condolences on your loss. We remember Princess Shirley fondly from our visit there a few years ago. Our sympathies are with you at this time. Regards |
It is of great sadness to us of the passing of HRH Princess Shirley, our hearts are with you. Lee & Robyn Minter |
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Our sincere condolences on the passing of HRH Princess Shirley whom we had both the privilege and the pleasure of meeting in 2011 when we visited Nain. Thinking of you all especially HRH Prince Leonard and may God comfort and strengthen you all at this time. Rory and
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We're sorry to hear of Princess Shirley's passing. She will be sorely missed by all her family. We enjoyed
meeting the Prince and spending some time with him. We are sorry for the
pain that he must be experiencing at the present time. |
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Dear Prince
Leonard & Family, The friendship will remain memorable throughout our lives. We have been truly blessed by her grace. Our heartfelt condolences from Sir Alan Gordon KCIOM., Lady Vivienne and the Gordon family. The past is but the beginning of a beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn ~ With love Zaydah-lee x. Kindest regards |
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I want to express my deep condolences to Prince Leonard & Hutt River Country for the death of Princess Shirley. May God grant him serenity and support him and his family and country during this tough period.
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Your Royal Highness
We visited your country today
(July 28) and are most humbled by your hospitality and also wish to forward
our condolences on the passing of Princess Shirley. Sincerely |
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Dear Prince Leonard, Being away,
it is only upon my return that we learned about Princess Shirley's
departure. Princess
Shirley was a great Lady, always cheerful and kind. Would you kindly accept our warmest but respectful "Condolences" and please kindly share with your children and Grand children our best wishes. Yours most sincerely |
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It was with great sadness that
I've learned only now, due to a very long business trip, the news of the
passing of HRH Princess Shirley. |
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Investiture of first ever Grand Cross of Hutt L-R Prince Graeme, Dr. Sir Robert R. Hutchison GCH., KGSOWL., OAM. HRH Prince Leonard, (late) Lady Sheila Hutchison, HRH Princess Shirley. (October 2011) |
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Dear Prince Leonard, I am very
saddened at the news of the passing of Princess Shirley. My thoughts are with you. Cordially, |
Dear Prince Leonard In different years a son and daughter of ours visited the Principality. Being interested in the story of Hutt River we heard about the passing of Princess Shirley. From Holland our condolences to all concerned. Family Van der Ven.
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His Royal
Highness Prince Leonard My family and I want you to know that our thoughts and prayers are with you. We remain
in this part of America at your very entire disposal, as we are your
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It is very sad news to hear of HRH Princess Shirley passing. When I had the great fortune to be able to visit the Principality of Hutt River in 2010 with the Royal Enfield Club of Australia I was lucky enough to meet HRH Princess Shirley and found her to be a warm, friendly and engaging person who was very generous to us when we stayed. Could you
please pass on my condolences to HRH Prince Leonard and his family and let
them know that my thoughts are with them in their time of bereavement. |
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Dear Prince Leonard We recently met your Principality thanks to a friend. Please accept
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To His Royal Highness Prince Leonard. Dear Sir, Please accept my apology for this late as I was away and out of internet access for some time. It is very sad to know that HRH Princes Shirley passed away. My wife and I send you our deepest condolences for your big loss may god bless her soul and may she rest in peace.
Anwar Zureikat
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To His Royal Highness, Prince Leonard It is with great sadness that I learned of the death of HRH Princess Shirley Casley this afternoon when I was online looking for news of the Principality. Please accept my condolences and know that you and your family are in my prayers. Blessings, |
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TO HRH Prince Leonard and family. It is with a great deal of sadness that I have learned of the passing of Her Royal Highness Princess Shirley. It was just over 2 years ago that my wife and I met you and HRH Princess Shirley during a two day stay at the Principality. In God’s arms she now is and her body interned will pass from life to life as God has willed. Sincerely |
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Dear Prince Leonard I wish to express my sincere condolences to yourself and your family on the loss of Princess Shirley. Sincerely |
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Your Royal Highness, Please accept my deepest "sympathy" at the loss of Princess Shirley, I am with you with my thoughts of sorrow !!
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H.R.H. Prince Leonard and the Royal House of the Principality of Hutt-River. Although two months have gone by since the death of H.R.H. Princess Shirley, it saddens me deeply to learn that our Princess is no longer with us Princess Shirley enjoyed the love and respect of the free world and she is truly missed among us. My sincerest sympathies to
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Dear Prince Leonard Please accept my belated condolences on the passing of your wife, Her Royal Highness Princess Shirley. It was a shock when I read about this in The Australian Magazine. Sincerely, Hiroshi Tominaga |
Dear Prince Leonard, So many people have great respect and admiration for all that Hutt River has accomplished – long may it continue. May Princess Shirley rest in peace.
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Your Highness Prince Leonard Please forgive me for this delayed message , and accept my sincere condolences. I learned only recently of the disheartening news that Her Highness Princess Shirley has passed away , and it has given me much sorrow. I share the grief with yourself, your family, and the Hutt River nation.
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Janice
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Dear
Prince Leonard, Long life to the Principality of Hutt River!
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Dear Prince
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Dear Prince Leonard It was with
great sadness that we heard of the loss of your wife Princess Shirley. We can only wish yourself and your family all the very best and at this difficult time in particular. Sincerely |
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Dear Prince
Leonard and Family. Our wonderful
friends were there in 2010 and Princess Shirley was there for them, however
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Final Farewell to: HRH Prince Leonard |
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