During her stay at Sandringham, accompanied by John Warren, the Queen’s bloodstock and racing adviser, Her Majesty was driven around the grounds of the estate in a landrover, visiting her horses and enjoying some time away from public pressures.
The Queen wore a spring-like paisley blue and grey dress for her meeting with Cassis, paired with pearls and her fruit-themed sapphire and diamond grapes brooch, given to her by the Queen Mother.
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