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Siddel Ramkissoon from Trinidad & Tobago received the Queen’s Young Leaders Award for 2017 from Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo by Jonathan Brady – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. June 30, 2017: Several lucky Caribbean youth on Thursday received the Queen’s Young Leaders Award for 2017 from Queen Elizabeth II at the 2017 Queen’s Young Leaders Awards Ceremony at Buckingham Palace on June 29, 2017 in London, England.The Queen’s Young Leaders Programme was launched at the time of her Diamond Jubilee and aims to discover, celebrate and support young people across the Commonwealth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Eber Ravariere from Dominica receiving the Award for 2017 from Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo by Jonathan Brady – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Matthew Batson from Trinidad & Tobago received the Award from Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo by Jonathan Brady – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Miss Lia Nicholson from Antigua & Barbuda receiving the Queen’s Young Leaders Award from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on June 29, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Jonathan Brady – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Miss Rianna Patterson from Dominica receiving the award at the 2017 Queen’s Young Leaders Awards Ceremony at Buckingham Palace on June 29, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Jonathan Brady – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Abrahim Simmonds from Jamaica receiving the Award for 2017 from Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo by Jonathan Brady – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dion Browne from Saint Kitts and Nevis receives his Queen’s Young Leaders Award for 2017 from Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo by Jonathan Brady – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Miss Jamilla Sealy from Barbados receives her Queen’s Young Leaders Award for 2017 from Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo by Jonathan Brady – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Miss Samantha Sheoprashad from Guyana receives her Queen’s Young Leaders Award for 2017. (Photo by Jonathan Brady – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Michael Thomas from Grenada receives a Queen’s Young Leaders Award for 2017 from Queen Elizabeth II at the 2017 Queen’s Young Leaders Awards Ceremony at Buckingham Palace on June 29, 2017 in London, England.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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