The Queen will celebrate her 96th birthday on Thursday by making an emotional return to Sandringham to be close to her beloved late husband Prince Philip.
Her Majesty will travel tomorrow morning from her Windsor Castle home to the royal family’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
The monarch will stay at her late husband’s former home, Wood Farm, where he lived following his retirement in 2017, while being visited by friends who live close by, it is understood.