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Queen’s Windsor Castle is under Heathrow flight path as 37 jets fly over in an hour

HER Royal Flyness has a lot to put up with — as this montage of an hour’s flights over Windsor Castle shows.

The Queen’s Berkshire pile is under a Heathrow flight path.

Incredible footage shows an hour's flights over Windsor Castle as the Queen's Castle is under a Heathrow flight path
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Incredible footage shows an hour's flights over Windsor Castle as the Queen's Castle is under a Heathrow flight pathCredit: Jon Bond
But the Queen, 96, is now living the quiet life at Balmoral
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But the Queen, 96, is now living the quiet life at BalmoralCredit: Getty

The image taken on The Long Walk in Windsor Great Park captured 37 jets.

It works out at one every 97 seconds.

But The Queen, 96, did not have to endure the noisy fly-past.

She is now enjoying the quiet life at Balmoral.

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It comes as Her Majesty's Balmoral welcome ceremony did not take place as usual last week.

It was replaced with a ";small private event" instead.

The Queen traditionally greets well-wishers at the gates of Balmoral Castle to mark the start of her annual Scottish holiday.

This year, the inspection was held in private instead.

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