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Posted AT 11:24 AM EST on 14/10/06

Queen-sized holidays

DEANNA MACDONALD

Special to The Globe and Mail

I may not have one drop of blue blood in my veins, but I have lived like royalty. I have spent the night in a princess's house in Laos, a laird's lodge in Scotland, a faux palace in Egypt and a real one in India, and in each I had a momentary glimpse of a life of unapologetic luxury. If I added them all up, I have lived like a queen for, say, about a week.

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