The Queen has arrived in Norfolk after making a special pilgrimage ahead of the 70th anniversary of her father's death as she stays in Prince Philips's beloved Wood Farm cottage for the first time without him.
The Queen has stayed in the cottage before, but it will be the first time since Philip died in April last year. .
While the Queen has visited the Sandringham estate since the death of her husband, it will be the first time she has stayed at the Wood Farm cottage since the death of Philip.
The Queen has stayed in the cottage before, but it will be the first time since Philip died and thus very fitting that she should return now.
When Philip retired from public duties in 2017 at the age of 95 – the age of the Queen today – Sandringham was the place he called home
When Philip retired from public duties in 2017 at the age of 95 – the age of the Queen today – Wood Farm cottage was the place he called home
At Sandringham, there will be plenty of fond memories of 'we four', as the Queen's father used to refer to his happy nuclear family – himself, his wife (the Queen Mother), Elizabeth and her sister Margaret - all pictured, along with Philip
The Queen, when she wasn't on duty in London, would travel up to stay with Philip at the cottage and it was there that the two could live more like a 'normal' couple than at any other time of her reign
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