Riding in Windsor Great Park

The Daily Mail reports that "the Queen was so taken by the picture, taken on Easter Monday amid the bluebells in Windsor Great Park, that she agreed to publish it to highlight the Royal Windsor Horse Show, which starts today."

They go on to write in the same article that "the Queen is leading casually-dressed three year-old James on a rein but Louise has clearly inherited her grandmother’s confidence and looks more than in control of her own white steed."

"The children live only a short drive from Windsor and stable their ponies at the royal mews, as does their mother. As revealed by the Mail, the Countess suffered a broken rib following a nasty fall from her own horse while riding in the Great Park just days before the royal wedding.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said last night: ‘The Queen thought it was a particularly lovely photograph and gave her permission for it to be released.’

The Royal Windsor Horse Show is the largest outdoor equestrian Show in the UK, with over 3,000 horses and ponies taking part in more than 250 jumping, showing, and carriage driving classes. The event has been running for over 65 years and takes place in Her Majesty’s private grounds at Windsor Castle."

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