Clutching a bunch of flowers, this little boy cuts a rather forlorn figure as he watches the Queen get into her car. The reason? He was one of dozens of children left disappointed when the Queen broke with tradition by not accepting flowers in Sandringham yesterday. More than 1,000 people, many of whom had travelled long distances, gathered outside St Mary Magdalene Church to cheer the Queen as she arrived for the morning service. Don't go! A little boy watches the Queen get into her Bentley yesterday, as he clutches a bouquet he had hoped to give her Maybe next time: The little boy is comforted by his mother after the Queen broke with tradition by not stopping for the flowers
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The monarch usually accepts flowers from waiting children
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Many parents and families had come a long way to catch sight of her
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But yesterday as she emerged from church she only paused to wave
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Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Anne and the Prince of Wales also attended
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They were joined by the Earl and Countess of Wessex and their daughter
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