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Queen Elizabethis getting back to work.
The 93-year-old monarch is about to end her winter stay atSandringham estatein Norfolk. Next week, she’ll undertake her first official engagements of the new year in King’s Lynn before returning to London.
The Queen is set to visit RAF Marham in King’s Lynn on Monday, Feb. 3, in her capacity as Honorary Air Commodore of the station. She’ll also step out Wednesday open the new Wolferton Pumping Station, which protects the area from flooding.
The royal was set to step out last week for her annual tea time with the localWomen’s Institutenear her Sandringham estate. However, a slight cold forced her to make alast-minute cancellation on her visit.
Queen Elizabethtraditionally stays at Sandringham until Feb. 6, the date her father King George VI died in 1952 and she became the new monarch.
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More recently, her son Prince Andrew has made headlines as federal prosecutors say the 59-year-old royal hasprovided “zero cooperation”in the ongoing investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Prince Andrew and his mother, Queen Elizabeth, on Jan. 19, 2020.Karwai Tang/WireImage
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Prince Andrew formally stepped back from royal duties amid hisexplosive BBC interview about his ties to Epsteinin November. In the statement announcing thebombshell news, the father ofPrincess BeatriceandPrincess Eugeniestated: “Of course, I am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required.”
source: people.com
