Crowds down at Sterling festival

STERLING - Even Queen Elizabeth needs a summer vacation, some time off from her royal duties to “sojourn to the countryside.”

“It is a way to meet all those who I adore as my subjects,” she said as she took a bite from the turkey leg she held in her right hand. Her royal Majesty was enjoying a hearty supper with Lady Mary Sidney, engaged to the Earl of Penbroke, and Lady AnnedeVerde, Countess of Oxford.

“It's always well to supper in the presence of her glorious royal Majesty,” said Annedeverde.