Huge support for annual bank holiday in honour of Queen called Elizabeth Day

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Queen.Historians have also added their weight to the argument for a special day that would pay tribute to the 70 years that Elizabeth II served as monarch.A petition to make the suggestion a reality, meanwhile, has already attracted 140,000 signatures.READ MORE: Danniella Westbrook 'hates' seeing Harry treated like 'second class citizen' at funeralEx-Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith intends to seek further cross-party backing for the new bank holiday, which some have suggested should be named Elizabeth Day, when MPs return to Parliament later this week.

He has declared it a "brilliant idea" while Labour MP Khalid Mahmood added: "We should continue to pay tribute to the Queen, our longest-reigning monarch, and ensure her selflessness and commitment to service remains an inspiration. "An annual day of love and celebration is the least she deserves and I would fully support it."The man who successfully campaigned for the tower which houses Big Ben to be named Elizabeth Tower as a Diamond Jubilee tribute is also championing the proposal, with Tobias Ellwood, chairman of the Commons defence committee, reasoning: "The day would be a permanent reminder of our gratitude for an incredible reign and dedicated life of service."Brendan Cox, whose wife Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered by a a far-right extremist, is another to come out in support of the suggestion, saying: "The Queen brought our country together throughout her life. "There can be no more fitting tribute than to create a day in her honour that continues her legacy of connecting us all and reminding us of what we have in common."Historian and television presenter Dan Snow, meanwhile, argued: "We haven't always been great as a country at celebrating what binds us.