The Rock's status was granted by Queen Victoria in 1842, but had been omitted from official records.
Gibraltar can officially call itself a city, 180 years after it was first granted the status by Queen Victoria.
But when researchers looked through the National Archives, they found it had already been recognised as one in 1842. Gibraltar has been a British overseas territory since 1713, when it was ceded to Britain under a peace treaty signed following the War of the Spanish Succession., including Doncaster, Bangor, and Dunfermline, ultimately granted the status.
The government said Gibraltar had been omitted from official lists after being originally given the title by Queen Victoria, but it is not clear how this happened.Gibraltar is one of only five outside the UK to be recognised. Hamilton in Bermuda, Jamestown in Saint Helena, and Douglas on the Isle of Man were already on the list, while Stanley in the Falklands Islands was among those named for the Jubilee this year.
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