Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth
- ITN/5/9/127
- Item
- 1983
The Princess of Wales riding through the Royal estate at Sandringham with the Queen. It was only recently that Princess Diana returned to riding; she had vowed never to go near horses after a bad fall when she was a child. But it was the Queen who gradually and patiently coaxed her back into the saddle, choosing a safe old grey mare for her inaugural rides. Yet despite her immense experience in all things equestrian, the Queen would score less points on safety than Diana: while the Princess wears a dark black riding hat, the Queen makes do with a silk scarf knotted round her chin
ITN Reference: ROYAL/DIANA/25
Agency: Camera Press
Photographer: Jim Bennett