Emeritus rider, Queen Elizabeth II has ridden a lot all her life.
Just two years ago, at the age of 94, she was photographed in the grounds of Windsor Castle on a black dress pony.
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Her Majesty has loved horse riding since childhood and is very involved in the welfare of the horses she owns for breeding, riding and racing
,” read the caption of a post, confirming her passion for horse riding and horse racing.
Significantly less keen on tennis, the Queen has only been to the Wimbledon tournament four times since her accession to the throne 70 years ago, while members of the royal family regularly crowd the stands of the Old England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
His last appearance dates from June 2010 and the meeting between the British Andy Murray and the Finn Jarkko Nieminen, the previous ones dating back to July 1957, 1962 and 1977.
The delirious Olympic stadium
One of the Queen's "sporting" feats of arms, which has gone down in history, will remain the staging imagined for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012. In the short film broadcast on the screens of the Olympic stadium and on television screens around the world, we see Her Majesty welcoming James Bond, in the person of Daniel Craig, to Buckingham Palace then climbing with him in a helicopter, flying over London, before, highlight of the show, "jumping » in parachute on the famous music of 007 and make, in the end, its real appearance in the bleachers of the delirious Olympic stadium.
A royal moment of English humor that continues to be a hit on YouTube and deserves to be reviewed regularly...