Body of woman found on the Queen’s estate

Detectives investigating the discovery of a woman’s body on the Queen’s estate are examining links to cold cases nationwide.

Her remains were found by a dog walker shortly after 4pm on New Year’s Day about two miles west of the village of Anmer on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

The body was in woods on farmland just a mile from the main gate to Sandringham House.

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The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are currently in residence, along with the Earl and Countess of Wessex.

Speaking to journalists at the scene, Detective Inspector Jes Fry said: “We are looking at missing persons reports nationwide as well as cases we have been working on more locally for potential links. Entomology and pathology work is under way and we expect the body to be recovered and taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn.”

He added: “The body has been in situ for some time but I can’t comment on whether that is weeks, months or years.

“It is the body of a female but I cannot comment on her age.

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“I cannot confirm whether she was clothed because, at the moment, only my staff, the person who found the body and the person or people who put it there know that and I would like it to stay that way.

“At this stage we do not know who the victim is.”

Mr Fry said it was not yet clear if the woman was killed at the scene or taken there after death.

Pathologist Nat Cary arrived at the site yesterday morning to examine the body.

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