Dead Body Found on Queen Elizabeth's Sandringham Estate

Celebrity News January 3, 2012 AT 11:15AM By Rebecca Macatee

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Sad news in the royal world.

British police are treating the discovery of a woman's body on Queen Elizabeth's Sandringham estate as murder, the Associated Press Reports. (Human remains were found on the land in Norfolk on Monday.)

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Prince William and Duchess Kate spent their first married Christmas at the Queen's Sandringham estate, before heading to Bucklebury to spend time with the Middleton family.

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According to the Associated Press, Sandringham has served as a private residence for British monarchs since 1862.

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