Tag Archives: Queen Elizabeth

Prince Philip’s Fell Ponies

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) …
ginger / red / orange tabby cat

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

Royal Displeasure Cats

Friday, August 24, 2018, 9:15 pm — Teeny Tuxedo and Perkins … We respect Queen Elizabeth … and her love of horses and dogs … but we didn’t see any CATS in the PBS documentary, The Queen’s Favourite Animals, 2017 … Please hand us the tv remote … we’re too distaught to move …
tuxedo cat, ginger / red / orange tabby cat

Royal Wedding Crasher

Saturday, May 19, 2018, 5:36 am — Last night’s raccoon was up early … ready to watch Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding on the telly … 5:36 am … the carriage ride from the church … but cousin cat, Moka, was vigilant … no wedding crashers allowed! …


Below … BBC … a relief not to hear yammering American commentators …

  • I may be 100% Finnish, but still have an immense affinity for the the UK … made sure to be awake for most of the royal weddings (Pacific coast time) since Charles and Diana, July 29, 1981 … Andrew and Fergie, July 23, 1986 … Charles and Camilla, April 9, 2005 … William and Kate, April 29, 2011 …

Before all that, the Investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales, July 1, 1969 … up close to the tv with my Craig reel-to-reel tape recorder (audio) … from my blog, Movies, Of Course! … pre-VCR days …