Saturday, April 17, 2021, 5:42 am — Perkins … HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip … funeral today … live streaming, BBC … he’d planned all the details, including participation of his two Fell ponies and carriage, which have been left to his granddaughter, Lady Louise, 17 … Camera on top of scratching post and High Noon book … to film Fell ponies on tv screen (see below) …
… Prince Philip’s Fells … Balmoral Nevis, Notlaw Storm … heading toward and at Windsor Castle …
… Prince Philip … Windsor grounds … 2019 …
… Granddaughter, Lady Louise, 14 … her mother, Sophie, Countess of Wessex (father, Prince Edward) … Royal Windsor Horse Show, 2018 … Philip taught them both to drive …
… Lowther Horse Driving Trials and County Fair, 2005 … 3-day combined driving event … Cumbria, England … (I was there all 3 days, 1999! … Queen Elizabeth was, also, thinking it might be Philip’s last year to compete … not quite!) …
… Competition Carriage Driving … HRH The Duke of Edinburgh … 1994 … have both this and his 2005 book, 30 Years On and Off the Box Seat …
… Windsor … 2017 …
“A red-topped plastic container was placed on the box seat of his driving carriage. He used it to store the sugar lumps he gave to his Fell ponies, Balmoral Nevis and Notlaw Storm, both present along with the carriage in the castle quadrangle. Next to this lay his driving cap, whip, blanket and brown gloves.“
Doob … my Fell pony … Orange Hay Net Cats, Oct. 24, 2016 …