Portrait for the birthday of Queen Elizabeth
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Queen Elizabeth takes 96 for the reins!
In honor of the Queen’s birthday on Thursday, a new portrait of the monarch was released by the Royal Windsor Horse Show on Wednesday night.
A majestic shot taken last month at Windsor Castle shows the Queen standing proudly between her fallen ponies, Babyback Katie and Babyback Nightingale. She wears a dark green cloak-style coat while holding the reins of two of her favorite ponies in front of a magnolia tree.
Queen Elizabeth will celebrate her 96th birthday in a place full of reminders of her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last April at the age of 99.
On Wednesday, the monarch traveled from Windsor Castle to his Sandringham mansion in Norfolk, about 110 miles north of London, Buckingham Palace confirmed.
The palace told the PEOPLE that the queen would spend her birthday alone.
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Jeff Robinson / Splash News Online Queen Elizabeth arrives in Sandringham before her 96th birthday
Throughout her life, Queen Elizabeth has always had an attachment to horses and was given her first horse (Shetland pony) when she was only 4 years old. She is also known for animating horse racing events by enthusiastically applauding her horses.
However, she reportedly has not driven since early September. “She was quite uncomfortable,” a source told The Sun in October. “She loves to ride and it’s been part of her ritual for most of her life. She’s extremely disappointed that she hasn’t been riding since early September.”
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Her love of horseback riding has also been passed on to future generations of royalty. The Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne, became the first British King to compete in the Olympics when she competed in the three-day Montreal Equestrian Competition in 1976. Following in her footsteps, Anne’s daughter, Zara Tyndall, competed in the Olympics. games in 2012 and won a silver medal as a member of the UK Discipline Team.
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