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Queen poses with her beloved fell ponies in new photo released by Windsor Horse Show to mark her 96th birthday.

 


A new portrait of The Queen with two of her loved fell ponied has been launched to mark her 96th birthday, two as she quietly celebrates the landmark event in Sandringham.
Taken in the grounds of Windsor Castle final month, the glorious picture shows the monarch standing with two of her very own preferred fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale and Bybeck Katie, in front of a large magnolia tree in full bloom of early spring.
The photograph has been launched via the Royal Windsor Horse Show, which the Queen has attended each and every 12 months seeing that 1943 and was once taken by Henry Dallal, who was commissioned to take an official portrait of her to mark her ninetieth birthday.



The monarch, who turns ninety six Thursday, travelled to Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk today, where Prince Philip spent his retirement before his death aged 99 remaining year. two
This yr the Royal Windsor Horse Show will mark the Platinum Jubilee with A Gallop via History, a surprising equestrian show showcasing horses from throughout the globe.



It has been billed as a 'personal tribute to our monarchy' and will characteristic extra than 500 horses and greater than a thousand performers taking the audience on a trip from Elizabeth I to the Queen.
On the Queen's left is the pony Bybeck Nightingale and on her proper is Bybeck Katie in the new image, and each animals will function in A Gallop through History.
Her love for the equine world is something she shared with her mother, and she has been breeding and racing horses for more than 60 years.



Thoroughbreds owned by way of the Queen have won 4 out of the 5 flat racing classics - the 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, the Oaks and the St Leger - with only the Derby eluding her.
Derby day this year will see the Queen and her family in the royal container at the Epsom Downs Racecourse as part of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations, with three of her horses in rivalry to be picked for the international event.
Her horse Dunfermline, ridden through jockey Willie Carson, gave the Queen her most famous victory, triumphing in the Oaks and St Leger in her Silver Jubilee year, 1977.



In latest years the Queen made wearing records when she grew to become the first reigning monarch to win Royal Ascot's Gold Cup, with her thoroughbred Estimate in 2013.
Her Majesty already obtained birthday needs from Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, and gun salutes will be fired in her honour on Thursday. two
Although she has now not been capable to ride for a number of months due to mobility issues, he Queen has ridden horses when you consider that the age of three and is passionate about the whole thing equestrian.



Royal aides have indicated she can't but commit to any of the activities deliberate to mark her 70 historic years on the throne.
But it is understood that personnel are 'moving heaven and Earth' to make sure she can attend the most prestigious race meet of the yr - the Epsom Derby.
This includes changing the route of her legitimate vehicle so that it can pull up directly backyard the Queen's stand, leaving a brief stroll of a few yards to the carry straight up to her seat.



A source stated the monarch 'really is absolutely decided to attend'. The Derby on Saturday, June four is one of the professional national celebrations over the four-day jubilee weekend and one that has a unique personal magnitude for the Queen. 



The race is the solely one of the five 'Classics' she is yet to win, having completed second with Aureole in 1953 – simply four days after her Coronation.

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