General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQueen Elizabeth, Prince Andrew Spotted Horseback Riding Together
Link to tweet
HuffPost Politics ✔ @HuffPostPol
Queen Elizabeth went horseback riding with her son Prince Andrew just two days after he announced that he will step back from public duties for the foreseeable future.
http://huffp.st/xSTicGA
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Andrew Spotted Horseback Riding Together
Their horseback riding excursion comes days after the disgraced Duke of York said he was stepping away "from public duties for the foreseeable future."
6:55 PM - Nov 22, 2019
Yeah, we know Andy's a perv and a scumball, but, the 93 year old queen out riding horses???
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)Siwsan
(26,289 posts)I have to give her credit, though, for her show of 'support'. It's something I never would have gotten from my mother, so maybe I'm a little, ok, a LOT sensitive about and appreciative of a parent's unconditional love for one of their offspring.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)indeed I do
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I wish shed lived to be riding horses at 93. Born the same year as the Queen, died at 90.
Siwsan
(26,289 posts)I never questioned his unconditional love, for me, because he never, ever gave me reason to. He's been gone for 20 years, and I still miss him each and every day.
pandr32
(11,611 posts)As a mom Queen E will always support her children. She may have pulled Andrew's public duties, but she would never stop being his mother.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)Holy crap!
She IS a badass!
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I gave up riding (English saddle) when I reached my 40s. My bones started creaking about then and it only got worse from there. Western saddles are more comfortable, IMO...
A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)These are as recently as a couple years ago;
Here she is from years ago, riding sidesaddle in Formal attire during the "Trooping the Colour" celebration.
I've always admired her for her love of horses.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)The horse has to be trained for it, and when her last one retired, she decided it wasn't worth training a new one for it. I think she only did it for the dress occasions, as the pictures show.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)However, any horse she rides must be trained for whatever she is doing. I'd be interested in the breed of horse she was riding. Also if it was a mare or a gelding...Off to Google...
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)if the Queen ever takes him fishing in a boat, on a lake
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)rusty fender
(3,428 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)"Next year how about a nice trip to Loch Ness for the fishing while we are at Balmoral!"
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)UTUSN
(70,740 posts)hunter
(38,326 posts)Although I can't see Trump getting anywhere near an animal who is smarter, stronger, more powerful, more competent, and better looking than he is.
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)Aristus
(66,462 posts)"I know, Mummy, I know..."
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Why should we care? Save it for the tabloids.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Obviously you cared enough to click on the thread instead of trashing or ignoring it.
RichardRay
(2,611 posts)One she has been riding since before she could walk, two, shed never pick a horse she couldnt ride, three, the horse would throw itself on the ground to break her fall, three, some guy in a tall furry hat would dive U.N. to rescue her.
This was a mother out riding with her disgraced son.