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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Recommend to the King to grant the title 'Royal' to the county of Norfolk.

The Royal Family home at Sandringham one of our sovereigns. The future King William and his family also have a Norfolk home. His mother Princess Diana was raised at Park House on the Sandringham estate

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Norfolk deserves the title as it has served the Royal family from reign of Queen Victoria. We have the Royal Norfolk Show and our new king would no doubt seriously consider

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