Two choirgirls are said to have walked out of rehearsals earlier this year after taking issue with the stand-in choirmaster’s instructions to go up and down the nave waving “jazz hands”.
A parent told the newspaper that Dr Stewart had moulded a convivial and close-knit atmosphere.
“Dr Stewart has been an amazing teacher and choir mistress who has supported the children through the years immensely, helping to shape them into the incredible young ladies they now are,” she said.
The King, who owns the nearby 20,000-acre estate in Norfolk, has reportedly been made aware of the dispute. Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
The Rt Rev Graham Usher, the Bishop of Norwich, is said to have been inundated with letters from concerned parishioners.
A spokesman for the diocese said: “Several members of the choir have continued to sing together throughout this time, including at sung services across the churches in the Sandringham group.
“There is a full schedule of services planned at Sandringham to celebrate the joy of Christmas so that parishioners, including the choir, can come together to sing of the wonder of the gift of Jesus to the world.”
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