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A campaign to rename the tower housing Big Ben after the Queen has received the backing of the majority of MPs.
More than half have signed up to the proposal to name the iconic east tower of the Palace of Westminster the Elizabeth Tower.
Conservative Tobias Ellwood's motion is backed by all three main party leaders and comes as Britain prepares to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
He said the clock tower should be formally named in honour of the Queen, in recognition of 60 years' of unbroken public service for her country.
At present the famous central London landmark is described by the Palace of Westminster as the Clock Tower.
When the Palace of Westminster was rebuilt in 1860, the west tower, then known as the King's Tower, was renamed the Victoria Tower to commemorate the long reign of Queen Victoria.She is the only other monarch to complete 60 years on the throne.
