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Queen Elizabeth to visit 'Game of Thrones' set

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Queen Elizabeth along with husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is all set to sail to Belfast where season 5 of the "Game of Thrones" will be filmed. The visit will be part of her tour of Ireland next week.

The information was shared through a tweet, reports people.com.

"As part of the visit to Northern Ireland The Queen and The Duke will tour the @GameOfThrones set in the Titanic quarter," the British monarchy's official Twitter account announced Wednesday.

In true Twitter fashion, the royal note was signed off with an obligatory #GoT hashtag.

As for connections to the real crown, Emilia Clarke's character, Daenerys Targaryen, is reportedly based on Queen Elizabeth I.

 

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First Published: Jun 20 2014 | 4:38 PM IST

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