Queen Consort Camilla has been forced to give up one of her beloved hobbies due to being “too old.”
The 75-year-old wife of King Charles spoke with a group of schoolchildren during her State visit to Germany last week, revealing that she is now “too old” to continue horseriding, the Mail on Sunday reported.
The candid admission from the royal was made during her trip to Hamburg, where she told the schoolchildren that while she used to have horses, she “sadly can’t ride any longer.”
Queen Camilla’s confession may come as a surprise to royal fans, considering that Camilla’s mother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth II, continued riding well into her nineties.
While there is no official reason age can prevent someone from horseriding, health complications as a result of age, such as limited mobility, arthritis, and frailty can contribute to reasons why someone may wish to give up the high-risk sport.
Queen Consort Camilla’s passion for equestrianism echoes the late Queen’s lifelong love affair with her beloved horses.
The Queen Consort shares her passion for equestrianism with the late Queen
Her Majesty had her first riding lesson when she was just three years old, and was given her first pony, a Shetland mare, by her grandfather King George V when she turned four.
The late monarch enjoyed horse racing well into her ninth decade, and her passion became synonymous with her 70-year reign. Broadcaster Clare Balding previously revealed the sweet reason behind the Queen’s love of horse racing.
Speaking on the BBC during the Queen’s final journey from Northolt to Buckingham Palace, Clare said: “The Queen’s passions were horses and dogs. Racing was the passion she shared with the public.
The Queen loved to go to the stables to see horses on gallops in the morning and talk to all the grooms. The broadcaster went on to share that Her Majesty enjoyed horse racing because all eyes were not on her for a change.
“Racing was such a wonderful thing for her to be able to enjoy, she liked the attention to be on others and that was the case at the races,” Clare said.
