12-30-2020, 04:38 AM
Covid-19: Sandringham Royal Family fans left 'disappointed'
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For the past 32 years the Queen and other members of the Royal Family have spent Christmas at her estate in Sandringham, Norfolk.
But this year, because of the coronavirus, the Queen has chosen instead to celebrate "quietly" at Windsor Palace. What will this mean
for the Christmas regulars who gather at Sandringham?
Royal snap 'like a lottery win'
Karen Anvil and her daughter Rachel are regular Christmas Day visitors to church in Sandringham.
Ms Anvil shot to fame three years ago after her mobile telephone snap of the 'Fab Four' - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and
Sussex - was bought by agencies and used worldwide. She describes the money she made from it as being "like a lottery win".
Her good fortune was repeated in 2018 when she took and sold a photo of a pregnant Meghan.
"I would have liked to have gone this year but would probably have just got pictures of them in their face masks," says Ms Anvil.
But she admits seeing the Royal Family at Sandringham this year would have brought some much needed "normality" to her life.
On first-name terms
Mary Relph, from Shouldham in Norfolk, is one of those Royal fans who gets her Christmas Day started by joining the throngs hoping to
catch a glimpse, a wave or a chat with the Queen and members of her family.
She is known to the Queen by her first name, which, for someone who is not an aristocrat, politician or celebrity, is no mean feat.
Mrs Relph has been turning out each year to greet Her Majesty on Christmas morning since 1988.
"Ooh it's one of the biggest events Norfolk ever has, isn't it?" she says.
She is disappointed by the cancellation of this year's gathering, but thinks the Queen has set an example to others by not going to
Sandringham.
"I wasn't expecting them to come, not really, not after all the trouble with the [Covid-19] virus," says Mrs Relph.
"I think she's wise. I think we sort of knew with events she wouldn't come."
For her Sandringham visits, Mrs Relph is usually accompanied either by a friend from Dereham or with a Glaswegian friend she made
one year amongst the crowd.
Read details here. : สล็อต
For the past 32 years the Queen and other members of the Royal Family have spent Christmas at her estate in Sandringham, Norfolk.
But this year, because of the coronavirus, the Queen has chosen instead to celebrate "quietly" at Windsor Palace. What will this mean
for the Christmas regulars who gather at Sandringham?
Royal snap 'like a lottery win'
Karen Anvil and her daughter Rachel are regular Christmas Day visitors to church in Sandringham.
Ms Anvil shot to fame three years ago after her mobile telephone snap of the 'Fab Four' - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and
Sussex - was bought by agencies and used worldwide. She describes the money she made from it as being "like a lottery win".
Her good fortune was repeated in 2018 when she took and sold a photo of a pregnant Meghan.
"I would have liked to have gone this year but would probably have just got pictures of them in their face masks," says Ms Anvil.
But she admits seeing the Royal Family at Sandringham this year would have brought some much needed "normality" to her life.
On first-name terms
Mary Relph, from Shouldham in Norfolk, is one of those Royal fans who gets her Christmas Day started by joining the throngs hoping to
catch a glimpse, a wave or a chat with the Queen and members of her family.
She is known to the Queen by her first name, which, for someone who is not an aristocrat, politician or celebrity, is no mean feat.
Mrs Relph has been turning out each year to greet Her Majesty on Christmas morning since 1988.
"Ooh it's one of the biggest events Norfolk ever has, isn't it?" she says.
She is disappointed by the cancellation of this year's gathering, but thinks the Queen has set an example to others by not going to
Sandringham.
"I wasn't expecting them to come, not really, not after all the trouble with the [Covid-19] virus," says Mrs Relph.
"I think she's wise. I think we sort of knew with events she wouldn't come."
For her Sandringham visits, Mrs Relph is usually accompanied either by a friend from Dereham or with a Glaswegian friend she made
one year amongst the crowd.
Read details here. : สล็อต
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