Age is just a number as The Who proved so ably with a dynamic set which rolled back the years amidst the stunning backdrop of a royal Norfolk estate.

Robbie Williams might have been the main attraction at Sandringham over the weekend but by Bank Holiday Monday he was dethroned as the British band headed by Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend took the former Take That star's crown.

Eastern Daily Press: The Who performing at SandringhamThe Who performing at Sandringham (Image: Lee Blanchflower, Blanc Creative)

Like a fine wine the aging rock 'n' rollers put on a vintage show thrilling the crowd with a huge back catalogue of hits stretching back to the mid 1960s.

Daltrey, in his white shirt, blue jeans and shades, strutted about centre stage like a proud peacock belting out the vocals as he whirled his microphone around like he was wrestling a cobra.

Eastern Daily Press: The Who performing at SandringhamThe Who performing at Sandringham (Image: Lee Blancflower, Blanc Creative)

Next to him was Townshend, dressed in blue jacket, dark shades and hat, twirling his arms about like a whirling dervish on numerous guitar solos.

Eastern Daily Press: The Who performing at SandringhamThe Who performing at Sandringham (Image: Lee Blanchflower, Blanc Creative)

They both set to work on wowing those who had turned out to see this iconic band go through a sizeable slice of their biggest records in a sumptuous two hour set.

Accompanied by the Heart of England Philharmonic Orchestra, Daltrey, Townshend and co - including Zak Starkey, son of Beatle Ringo Starr, on drums, ripped through hit after hit.

Songs included Pinball Wizard, The Kids Are Aright, You Better You Bet, Substitute, I Can't Explain and of course, My Generation.

Eastern Daily Press: The Who performing at SandringhamThe Who performing at Sandringham (Image: Lee Blanchflower (Blanc Creative))

Daltrey and Townshend both made reference to their ages during the show with Daltrey at one point joking that “Pete and I are almost completely deaf without our hearing aids” as Townshend went off to get his sorted.

But this was certainly not a show put on by have beens',  The Who still have it and so they royally showed at Sandringham on a brilliant Bank Holiday Monday.

Also performing on Monday at Sandrigham's first large-scale concert series, which has been organised by Heritage Live, were Richard Ashcroft and The Lightning Seeds.

Eastern Daily Press: Richard Ashcroft performing at SandringhamRichard Ashcroft performing at Sandringham (Image: Lee Blanchflower, Blanc Creative)

While The Who took us back to the 1960s Ashcroft, former frontman of The Verve, turned back time to that other great era of music, the mid 1990s, with a stunning set packed with nostalgic nuggets like Sonnet, Lucky Man and anthems like The Drugs Don't Work and Bitter Sweet Symphony.

And while on the subject of anthems Ian Broudie's Lightning Seeds weighed in with a few of their own incluing The Life of Riley and Three Lions, albeit without Frank Skinner and David Baddiel.