Crowds lining the High Street in Newmarket (Image: Archant)
Crowds are today lining the streets of Newmarket to welcome a very special guest - The Queen.
At 10.30am there was a parade of Suffolk Punch horses along the High Street with the Royal Hospital School Band following while playing the Bill Tutte Memorial.
School children lined the road, and enthusiastically waved their Union flags.
The Queen was due to arrive int own at around 11am, ready to unveil a statue in Birdcage Walk before she heads to the National Heritage Centre for a tour of the newly-opened facility.
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