The wife of King Charles has been forced to give up her favourite hobby
The Queen Consort shares her passion for equestrianism with the late Queen
Her Majesty had her first riding lesson when she was just three years old, and was given her first pony, a Shetland mare, by her grandfather King George V when she turned four. The late monarch enjoyed horse racing well into her ninth decade, and her passion became synonymous with her 70-year reign. Broadcaster Clare Balding previously revealed the sweet reason behind the Queen's love of horse racing.Speaking on the BBC during the Queen's final journey from Northolt to Buckingham Palace, Clare said: "© GettyThe Queen loved to go to the stables to see horses on gallops in the morning and talk to all the grooms.
The broadcaster went on to share that Her Majesty enjoyed horse racing because all eyes were not on her for a change. "Racing was such a wonderful thing for her to be able to enjoy, she liked the attention to be on others and that was the case at the races," Clare said.
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