Queen Elizabeth II Privately Marks Her 96th Birthday
Queen Elizabeth II was marking her 96th birthday privately, retreating to the Sandringham estate in eastern England.
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II was marking her 96th birthday privately Thursday, retreating to the Sandringham estate in eastern England that has offered the monarch and her late husband, Prince Philip, a refuge from the affairs of state. Elizabeth is expected to spend the day at the estate’s Wood Farm cottage, a personal sanctuary where she also spent her first Christmas since Philip’s death in April 2021. Philip loved the cottage, in part because…
