Age is just a number forQueen Elizabeth.
The monarch may have recently celebrated her 94th birthday, but she’s not showing any signs of giving up her love of riding horses.
And days after sonPrince Andrewannounced that he was “stepping back from public duties” amid his interview regarding his relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, themother-son duo were seen ridingwith two escorts around the Windsor Castle estate. Both were bundled up in long coats, with the monarch covering up her head with a hood, while Andrew sported a helmet.
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Throughout her life, the Queen has always had a love of horses. She was given her first horse (a Shetland pony) when she was just 4 years old and wasseen riding back in April 2018, just after the birth of her great-grandson Prince Louis. The monarch also attends the Windsor Horse Show annually and is known to get rather spirited when watchinghorse raceslike Royal Ascot.
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Late journalist and diarist Kenneth Rosechronicled the Queen’s love of animalsinWho Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose, Vol II 1979-2014.In March 1997,Prince Charlestold Rose of a time when the head of Wimbledon pondered if the Queen would come open a new tennis court.
“I doubt it,”Prince Philipreportedly replied, “unless there are dogs and horses.”
source: people.com
