Queen receives ‘sweet’ picture from girl as she hosts equestrian athletes

The Queen said it was “very sweet” to person a drafting from the five-year-old girl of an Olympian arsenic she welcomed dozens of members of the British equestrian teams to a reception astatine Clarence House.

Ros Canter, golden medallist successful eventing astatine the Paris Olympics, gave the representation to Camilla – who congratulated the jock connected her success.

In the drawing, Ms Canter’s girl Ziggy said she would similar to beryllium a princess.

“That’s precise sweet,” the Queen said.

“Tell her I volition nonstop her a letter.”

Your enactment for the federation, for the assemblage of equestrian is hugely invited and overmuch appreciated

Jim Eyre, BEF

The Queen held a backstage assemblage with Fields Wicker-Miurin, chairwoman of the British Equestrian Foundation (BEF), and Jim Eyre, the foundation’s main executive, earlier the reception connected Wednesday evening.

Horse person Camilla congratulated the medallists from the Paris Olympics and Paralympics and the teams down their palmy year.

The teams won 12 medals successful full crossed some games, with each jock bringing location astatine slightest one.

Camilla, patron of the BEF, congratulated Natasha Baker, a dressage Paralympian who won 2 bronze medals successful Paris.

Ms Baker told the Queen however she keeps her medals successful socks, truthful they acceptable successful her handbag and bash not marque excessively overmuch noise.

“She thought that was hilarious,” Ms Baker said.

Camilla besides met enactment unit specified arsenic coaches, vets and physiotherapists – for humans and horses.

The Queen besides met grooms who look aft the horses, including Adam Short, who cares for Paris golden medallist Tom McEwen’s horse.

Mr Short became a groom aft going to an interior metropolis riding schoolhouse successful Newcastle arsenic a child.

He said it was “really lovely” to conscionable the Queen and talk to her astir his job.

“It’s not thing you ever imagine,” helium added.

Many of the athletes had met the King and the Princess Royal astatine Buckingham Palace successful November erstwhile they hosted a ceremonial for the medallists – which the Queen could not be owed to illness.

At the extremity of the reception, Mr Eyre thanked the Queen for her patronage.

“Your enactment for the federation, for the assemblage of equestrian is hugely invited and overmuch appreciated,” helium said.

Mr Eyre gave Camilla a publication of pictures of the equestrian teams astatine the Paris games by lensman Jon Stroud.

Reflecting connected equestrian astatine the games, the Queen said: “It made america each consciousness precise arrogant to beryllium British.

“I’m atrocious I wasn’t determination but I was watching precise keenly each spot of it connected the tv and it truly did bring tears to the eyes.

“Thank you to the full squad for what you bash and let’s support British best.”