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New British citizen, Spanish charity worker Almudena Lara walks away with her certificate of naturalisation during a citizenship ceremony at Islington Town Hall, in north London, on February 5, 2018. Songs by The Beatles play out as Britain's newest citizens prepare to take their oath to queen and country -- some of a growing number of EU nationals hoping to secure their futures after Brexit. Britain and the EU struck a deal last December to secure the rights after Brexit of around three million EU citizens living in Britain, and one million British expatriates. But many people are wary of politicians' promises, and applications by EU nationals for British citizenship more than doubled in 2017 compared to the previous year, from 15,460 to 38,528. / AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)