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Dog Walker Finds Human Remains on Royal Estate

Forensic experts scour woodland for evidence

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 2, 2012 6:33 PM CST

(Newser) – A dog walker discovered human remains yesterday less than two miles from the Queen's residence on a British royal estate, police say. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, who are staying at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk for a Christmas holiday, were told about the discovery after attending a church service yesterday. Police have sealed off the woodland area where the remains were found and are searching for forensic evidence.

No details have emerged about the remains, but the estate's website says that half of the royal residence is rented by agricultural tenants, the AP reports. The 20,000-acre estate also has a country park, a fruit farm, two stud farms, and the estate's gardens, which together employ more than 100 full-time workers.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II receives flowers from well-wishers at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, in the east of England, on December 25, 2011.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II receives flowers from well-wishers at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, in the east of England, on December 25, 2011.   (Getty Images)
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends a service marking the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible at Westminster Abbey, London, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends a service marking the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible at Westminster Abbey, London, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011.   (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, Pool)
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professortech
Jan 3, 2012 7:23 AM CST
Curious. This is the second body found within the year on the grounds of a British palace. The first was back in October on the grounds of Buckingham palace that had supposedly been there for years.Sounds like an opening for a John LeCarre novel.   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/8802614/Royal-family-obsessives-body-lay-near-Buckingham-Palace-for-years.html
HappyHabenero
Jan 3, 2012 3:26 AM CST
OY YOU THERE....GET UP......ey Nigel...ees not gonna budge a lick...*ignoring other cop* OY EARLY ON..... GET UP YA BLOODY GIT.......NIGEL!...YA BLEEDIN IMBECILE EES BLOODY DEAD!.....Oh, guess e won't be  goin to the magistrate then.  
cornelison
Jan 3, 2012 12:16 AM CST
The tabloids will go wild and claim it's the real Diana. 

 
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