Queen Elizabeth, Prince Andrew Spotted Horseback Riding Together

[Dennis Donovan]

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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.”

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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.]

1. not.

[Siwsan]

2. This has got to be hard for her.

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]

5. I absolutely hear you

indeed I do

[cwydro]

17. My mother would have done the same.

I wish she’d lived to be riding horses at 93. Born the same year as the Queen, died at 90.

[Siwsan]

19. Fortunately, for me, my father would have.

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]

3. She is amazing. Still going strong at her age.

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]

4. 93 years old and out for a ride?

Holy crap!

She IS a badass!

[CTyankee]

10. My guess is that she is riding side saddle.

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]

13. Perhaps. but there are plenty of shots of her riding astride...

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]

14. She gave up riding side saddle some years ago

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]

15. Wow, I didn't know that. Great that she can still ride.

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]

6. He should worry

if the Queen ever takes him fishing in a boat, on a lake

[Dennis Donovan]

7. Al Neri spotted in Windsor Castle boathouse...

[rusty fender]

8. LOL!

[whistler162]

16. Queen to ANdrew

"Next year how about a nice trip to Loch Ness for the fishing while we are at Balmoral!"

[rusty fender]

24. Perfect

[UTUSN]

9. Beats Melmelonia and SHITLER!1

[hunter]

11. Pity the poor horse if Trump ever decides to go riding.

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]

12. 1) he's skeered of all animals, 2) they're all better looking than he is!

[milestogo]

18. I hope she gave him a badass horse to ride.

[Aristus]

20. "I'm VERY disappointed in you, Andy. VERY disappointed..."

"I know, Mummy, I know..."

[YOHABLO]

21. Nothing the royals do or say affects any U.S.lives.

Why should we care? Save it for the tabloids.

[cwydro]

22. People can post anything they want here, within the TOS.

Obviously you cared enough to click on the thread instead of trashing or ignoring it.

[RichardRay]

23. Liz couldn't get hurt on a horse if she tried to.

One she has been riding since before she could walk, two, she’d never pick a horse she couldn’t 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.