This article appeared in The Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/) on
April 15, 2003.
(Reprinted with permission of
Richard Kay/The London Daily Mail)
Incidentally, contrary to what is stated in the article, Fell ponies were at Windsor Castle much more than 8 years ago. The Royal family’s involvement with Fell ponies began with Windsor Gypsy, who was driven by HM Queen Elizabeth (then HRH Princess Elizabeth) at the Royal WIndsor Horse Show in the 1940’s. Her sister, the late HRH Princess Margaret, drove the same pony to victory as well. Gypsy was sent to Balmoral Castle after World War II, when The Royal family also began breeding Fell ponies with Gypsy as their first foundation mare.