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| Queen attends church service at Sandringham | Queen attends church service at Sandringham |
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| The Queen has attended church for the first time since a heavy cold kept her away from services over the festive period. | The Queen has attended church for the first time since a heavy cold kept her away from services over the festive period. |
| Wearing royal blue, the monarch arrived at St Mary Magdalene church, close to her Sandringham estate, on Sunday, having missed her regular appearances on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day because of the lingering respiratory illness. | Wearing royal blue, the monarch arrived at St Mary Magdalene church, close to her Sandringham estate, on Sunday, having missed her regular appearances on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day because of the lingering respiratory illness. |
| She and the Duke of Edinburgh had been forced to delay their journey from Buckingham Palace to their Norfolk estate in the days before Christmas after she fell ill. | She and the Duke of Edinburgh had been forced to delay their journey from Buckingham Palace to their Norfolk estate in the days before Christmas after she fell ill. |
| The Queen was greeted by a small crowd of people as she was driven the short distance to the church in a burgundy Bentley, accompanied by Prince Philip, who had also suffered from illness over Christmas. | |
| The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also attended the service after walking the short distance from the house to the church but there was no sign of Prince George or Princess Charlotte. | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also attended the service after walking the short distance from the house to the church but there was no sign of Prince George or Princess Charlotte. |
| Although she has missed the church services, and has not been in seen in public for several weeks, the monarch has carried out other duties. She presented Ray Wheaton, her Page of the Chambers, with the insignia of a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, the court circular recorded. | Although she has missed the church services, and has not been in seen in public for several weeks, the monarch has carried out other duties. She presented Ray Wheaton, her Page of the Chambers, with the insignia of a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, the court circular recorded. |