Queen Elizabeth (with a horse groom) on a ride at Windsor Castle in 2016.Photo: Rex Features/startraksphoto
Queen Elizabethis back on her horse!
The 96-year-old monarch has recently been for a gentle ride on her pony at Windsor Castle, PEOPLE has confirmed.
“At 96, it’s amazing that the Queen has been on her horse,” a source tells PEOPLE.
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The Queen has been an avid horse-rider since she was a child and has owned and bred racehorses and worked alongside them all her life. At Trooping the Colour — her official birthday parade — she would always welcome the horses back to Buckingham Palace with a sugar lump treat.
Last fall, it wasreported that the Queen had to stopher favorite pastime due to “discomfort.” It has since emerged that she has been experiencing"episodic mobility problems."
Those issues have caused her to miss some of her public duties, but she did get to attend theRoyal Windsor Horse Show in Mayto watch some of her horses in competition.
Queen Elizabeth at the WIndsor Horse Show on May 13, 2022.Chris Jackson/Getty Images
“She was in great spirits,” an observer told PEOPLE. “People she knows in the horse world were being brought to her to talk to her at the window. You can see she is in really good form.”
Later that week, she attended the final evening gala performance, laughing at one of the jokes from the host of the televised event.
However, shewasn’t able to manageto attend last week’s annual Royal Ascot horserace, which is close to her Windsor Castle home.
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Since cutting back on her riding, she has continued to keep tabs on her horses as much as she can,heading to Sandringham, where she has a stud farm, to check on the animals and get updates from her racing manager John Warren and other staffers.
source: people.com
