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U.K. Towns Compete For Vaunted City Status
Towns will compete to gain new honorary status as a "Lord Mayoralty"
To celebrate her 60 years as Queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II is giving a simple but sought after gift: the right for one U.K. town to become a city. This gift, in honor of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year, is expected to bring in entries from municipalities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Gaining city status enables a place to refer to itself formally as a "city." It may not seem like much, but for England's towns, the honor is worth clamoring over.