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King Charles has put his own stamp on the royal residences after putting part of the Queen’s huge collection of equestrian ornaments in storage.
The royal, 74, has been determined to declutter the rooms and corridors at both Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace after his mother passed away in September.
Many ornaments, portraits and trophies have now been placed in storage have now been placed in storage, royal sources told The Telegraph.
‘As The King spends more time at Buckingham Palace and Windsor a small number of items of decorative arts are gradually being rearranged as you would expect,’ they said.
They insisted that a ‘ very significant number’ chosen by the late Queen remain.
King Charles has put his own stamp on the royal residences as he put part of the late Queen’s huge collection of equestrian ornaments (pictured in the background) in storage
The Queen was extremely passionate about horses and filled her residences with equine memorabilia.
Photographs taken in the late Queen’s private apartment at Windsor suggest that it was packed with mementos to commemorate her great passion.
The sitting room, also known as the Oak Room, was used by the Queen, for intimate audiences and photoshoots.
In lockdown, the Queen chose the Oak Room for her virtual engagements and was often photographed sitting on a straight-backed wooden dining chair as she carried out a video call.
One of the more recent images, taken in February 2022, during an audience with the President of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis, pictures showed two equine statuettes on her mantel.
The first, seen on the left-hand side of the image, shows a groom using a rein to bring a horse under control as it rears up on its hind legs.
The second has a more personal meaning. For it depicts the then Princess Elizabeth on horseback, circa. 1937.
One of the more recent images, taken in February 2022, during an audience with the President of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis, pictures showed two equine statuettes on her mantel
The royal, 74, was determined to declutter the rooms and corridors at both Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace after his mother passed away in September 2022 (pictured with President of Estonia, Alar Karis, at Windsor Castle)
It is on display on the other side of the mantelpiece and is a tribute to the Queen’s lifelong passion for riding.
While sources say there are equestrian paintings, statues and sculptures of all periods at virtually every royal residence, including at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, both on prominent public display and in private areas.
Her passion for horses came at a young age when her grandfather King George V gave the Queen a Shetland pony called Peggy aged four.
By the age of six she had fallen in love with riding, becoming an accomplished equestrian in her teenage years and has continued to ride for pleasure throughout her life.
From her first appearance at the annual Trooping the Colour to 1986, the monarch would attend the ceremony on horseback.
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Even in the twilight of her life, the Queen was able to keep riding her beloved steeds; pictured in 2015 riding in the grounds at Windsor
The Queen, who died on September 8th aged 96, sparked a huge love affair with equestrian in the UK, thanks to her own talents as both a rider and a breeder (The Queen riding her horse Burmese at Trooping the Colour in 1969)
She first attended the Royal Windsor Horse Show as a horse-mad teenager in 1943. Together with Princess Margaret, the 17-year-old showed off her equestrian prowess by winning the Pony & Dogcart class.
She secured her first win as an owner when Choir Boy won the Royal Hunt Cup in 1953.
The Queen owned several thoroughbreds for racing after she initially inherited King George’s breeding and racing stock following his death in February 1952.
In 1974, the monarch’s interest in horses was the subject of a documentary title, The Queen’s Race Horses: a Private View, which she herself narrated.
She became the patron of many organisations focused on horses, including the British Horse Society, the Fell Pony Society and the Highland Pony Society.
Elizabeth, known throughout the world as a racehorse owner and breeder of true expertise, celebrated her love for the animals by dedicating life-size statues to two of her horses in Windsor.
A lady-in-waiting taking the then Princess Elizabeth and her younger sister Princess Margaret on a visit to Pets Corner at London Zoo in 1937
The Royal Windsor Horse Show was a highlight of Her Majesty’s annual calendar. The Queen was pictured talking to riders at the Windsor Horse Show in the 1970s
The late Queen beamed as she examined her trophy after her horse Stardust III won at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May 2014
The Queen’s love of horse racing resulted in her becoming inducted into the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame in the Special Contributor Category.
She was awarded the honour due to her unwavering and lifelong dedication to the sport in the last eight decades.
John Warren, who oversees all of the monarch’s racing and horse breeding interests, said at the time that the recognition would be the source of a ‘lot of inner pride’ for the Queen.
The late monarch became the first person to gain membership of the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame within the Special Contributor category after being chosen by an independent panel of industry experts for her outstanding contribution.
A documentary about Her Majesty’s love for the animal The Queen: a Passion for Horses was released in 2013, as part of the 60th Anniversary Coronation celebrations.
Among the highlights of the Queen’s calendar was the Royal Windsor Horse Show, an event that celebrated her love of the animal and was made even more special because it was held in the ‘back garden’ of Windsor Castle.
The Queen was one of the most successful horse race owners in the history of the Royal Family.
At the time of her death, she’d won 534 races from 3,205 runs over time as racehorse owner and it is thought she made £7.7million from her hobby over the last 31 years.
