In pictures: Queen through the decades in Norfolk

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Throughout her life, Norfolk has been an important place for the Queen and her family - most notably her private residence of Sandringham. Here is a selection of pictures through the decades showing her time in the county, following her death at the age of 96.

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The Queen, in the Long Library at Sandringham, after making the first televised Christmas Day broadcast to the nation in 1957. She is holding a copy of "Pilgrim's Progress", from which she read a few lines during her message. On the desk are portraits of her children Charles and Anne

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The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at Sandringham, their private residence, in 1982

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The Queen met local school children at RAF Marham in February 2000 as she visited the base in her capacity as Honorary Air Commodore. She was given a toy by a six-year-old boy as a present

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The Queen smiles while visiting Dersingham Infant and Nursery School in February 2012, marking the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne

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Prince William and Prince George with the Queen at the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Sandringham, at George's christening in 2015

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The Queen leaves after attending the 2015 Christmas Day service at Sandringham with Canon Jonathan Riviere

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The Queen cuts a cake to celebrate the start of the Platinum Jubilee in February, during a reception in the ballroom of Sandringham House

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