FINAL FURLONG
Sweet moment Queen’s favourite horse Emma waited, head bowed, on Long Walk
THE Queen’s favourite mount stood among a sea of flowers as Her Majesty entered her journey’s final furlong.
Fell pony Emma waited among a carpet of the public’s floral tributes at the side of the Long Walk as her owner was driven to her resting place.
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Beside her stood the Queen’s head groom, Terry Pendry, who bowed as the royal hearse passed them on its way to St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
He wore a bowler hat, riding boots and black jacket while Emma beside him had on a riding blanket bearing the monarch’s EIIR cypher.
The moving moment perfectly captured the late monarch’s passion for all things equestrian.
She learned to ride as a very young girl and, until recently, took Emma out in Windsor Great Park accompanied by Mr Pendry — one such occasion being on her 91st birthday.
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Two years ago, Mr Pendry declared that Emma “has been a wonderful servant to Her Majesty and is still going strong at the age of 24”.
The Queen, who was patron of the Fell Pony Society, was also a passionate racehorse owner and breeder.
She loved days at the races, missing the Epsom Derby only three times during her reign.
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