article_snippet.sent: Jean Woodroffe, one of the Queen's first ladies in waiting, when interviewed by the BBC to mark the monarch's 80th birthday in 2006 said: 'What was amusing is that we went into the Ritz Hotel through one door and out of the other door, the other end, doing the conga.'
article_snippet.sent: She added: 'And then we stood outside Buckingham Palace with the crowd and we all shouted 'we want the King' with everybody else until the King and Queen came out onto the balcony.'
article_snippet.sent: At the Sunday service the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will be joined by veterans and Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall families, politicians, members of the Armed Forces and representatives of Allied nations and Commonwealth countries that fought alongside Britain.
article_snippet.sent: Churchill wife - later Queen Mother - and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret as his wife - later Queen Mother - and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, 70 years ago on 8 May, 1945 .
article_snippet.sent: Joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, Her Majesty, dressed in a turquoise coat by Stewart Parvin and matching hat, was there to present 'alms' to 89 women and 89 men, among alms' D-Day veteran, Denis Gratton. '
article_snippet.sent: Handing out alms: the Queen presents a lady with the two Maundy Purses at Sheffield Cathedral .
article_snippet.sent: The Queen, who had arrived on the Royal Train, was driven to the cathedral where the Queen got a warm welcome from the flag-waving crowd and was presented with a nosegay of spring flowers.
article_snippet.sent: Her Majesty spoke briefly to the clergymen before being whisked inside for The Royal Maundy Service.
article_snippet.sent: After The Royal Maundy Service, the Queen the Queen posed for pictures with the Yeoman of the Guard, who had lined Sheffield Cathedral's aisles during the ceremony.
article_snippet.sent: The Royal party then left for a reception at Sheffield Town Hall as the recipients emerged into the sunshine, all pleased with the recipients royal acknowledgement.
article_snippet.sent: The Queen and Prince Philip were handed traditional nosegays made from spring flowers .
article_snippet.sent: Warm welcome: the Queen is greeted at Sheffield Cathedral ahead of the traditional Royal Maundy Service .
article_snippet.sent: Cheerful: The Duke of Edinburgh was on jolly form as The Duke of Edinburgh arrived for The Royal Maundy Service .
article_snippet.sent: All smiles: The Queen, who has only missed the ceremony four times, was all smiles as she arrived .
highlights_snippet.sent: In 1995, Her Majesty Her Majesty was joined by Queen Mother and Princess Margaret .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Yesterday the Queen distributed alms at Royal Maundy service in Sheffield .