Queen Elizabeth’s top-secret letter is locked in a vault until 2085

Queen Elizabeth II penned a top-secret letter to residents of Sydney, Australia — and it gained’t be opened till the yr 2085.

The monarch, who died final Thursday on the age of 96, composed the correspondence again in 1986 to have fun the restoration of town’s Queen Victoria Constructing that very same yr.

The edifice, which was initially inbuilt 1898 and is called after the queen’s great-great grandmother Victoria, is one in all Sydney’s most well-known buildings, situated within the coronary heart of town’s downtown.

Queen Elizabeth II penned a top-secret letter to residents of Sydney, Australia in 1986. She ordered it sealed for 99 years, that means it gained’t be opened till 2085.

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The sealed letter is accompanied by directions for Sydney’s lord mayor.

“On an appropriate day to be chosen by you within the yr 2085 AD, would you please open this envelope and convey to the residents of Sydney my message to them,” Elizabeth II wrote.

The Queen Victoria Constructing is situated within the heart of Sydney, Australia. A statue of Victoria is seen exterior the historic construction.

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Queen Elizabeth II was the pinnacle of state in Australia for 70 years. She visited the nation 16 instances and is pictured throughout her final go to in 2011.

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The contents of the queen’s letter are unclear, however it would possible thank Sydney residents for saving and refurbishing the historic constructing, after it was nearly demolished to make method for a parking zone.

Again in 1986, a Malaysian firm signed a 99-year lease on the constructing, taking their contract as much as 2085 — the identical yr the queen’s correspondence is to be opened and made public.

The letter is presently saved inside a vault in a restricted dome space situated on the prime of the Queen Victoria Constructing.

Australia is a Commonwealth nation, and Queen Elizabeth II served because the nation’s head of state for 70 years. She made 16 journeys to Australia over the course of her reign, final visiting in 2011.

Elizabeth is pictured throughout a royal tour of Australia in 1970.

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Queen Elizabeth II “died peacefully” at Balmoral Fortress in Scotland on Thursday, following a number of months of well being and mobility points.

The monarch’s physique will probably be flown from Scotland to London on Tuesday night, earlier than her funeral on Monday, Sept. 19.

Her demise has plunged Nice Britain into a protracted interval of mourning, with a whole lot of 1000's of individuals paying tribute to her within the British capital, leaving floral tributes exterior the gates of Buckingham Palace.

Tens of 1000's of mourners have paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth within the British capital, leaving floral tributes exterior the gates of Buckingham Palace.

The queen’s oldest son and inheritor — the brand new King Charles III — has already ascended the throne, though his official coronation ceremony is not going to happen for a number of months.