A WONDERFUL SIGHT THE DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH CHANNELS THE FAB FOUR AT ABBEY ROAD

She he re-created pop history on the Abbey Road zebra crossing in London, but the Duchess of Edinburgh was relieved to hear she wasn't expected to do the same inside the legendary music studios.

Addressing guests at a charity reception where a pianist had been entertaining them, Sophie joked: "I was slightly concerned that when the music turned up, we were going to have to sing and that we were going to clear Abbey Road Studios really quickly." The Duchess was at the London venue to address Orbis Visionaries, a gathering of staff and supporters of the global blindness prevention charity.

Taking to the stage where The Beatles had recorded, she spoke from the heart about the charity's work across the world. As global ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, Sophie has travelled to India, Bangladesh and Ethiopia with Orbis.

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