QUEEN ELIZABETH II PLAYED THE ROLE OF DINNER LADY WHILE ATTENDING CHURCH ON THE LAST DAY OF HER WINTER BREAK. ACCOMPANIED BY THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, SHE WENT TO ST PETER AND ST PAUL'S CHURCH IN WEST NEWTON NEAR THE SANDRINGHAM ESTATE IN NORFOLK. SHE HANDED OUT PRIZES TO CHILDREN FOR THEIR GOOD ATTENDANCE AT CHURCH AND THEN BROUGHT THEM LUNCH OF SAUSAGE AND MASH. CHARLIE ADAMS, WHO HELPS OUT AT THE SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR THE PARISH OF SANDRINGHAM AND WEST NEWTON, SAID: 'THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO THE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS. ABOUT 20 OF THEM PERFORMED A VERSION OF DANIEL AND THE LION'S DEN FOR HER. THEY PRACTICED SO HARD.' THE QUEEN, WHO WAS WEARING A FUCHSIA COAT WITH A MATCHING HAT AND BLACK KNEE HIGH BOOTS, MET THE CROWDS LINING THE STREET TO WISH HER WELL. JORDON CHERVENKOFF, A STUDENT FROM BULGARIA, CAME TO LINE THE STREETS TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE MONARCH. THE 21 YEAR OLD SAID: 'AT FIRST I ACME OUT OF CURIOSITY, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO COME AND SHOW MY ADMIRATION FOR THE QUEEN. IT WAS A GREAT HONOUR TO MEET HER.' YESTERDAY THE QUEEN REFLECTED ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HER ACCESSION TO THE THRONE AT THE SANDRINGHAM ESTATE. SHE BECAME MONARCH 58 YEARS AGO ON THE DEATH OF HER FATHER KING GEORGE VI. HE DIED ON 6.FEBRAURY.1952, AT THE ESTATE IN NORFOLK AFTER SUFFERING LUNG CANCER. SHE IS SET TO CELEBRATE HER DIAMOND JUBILEE, 60 YEARS AS QUEEN, IN 2012.
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