In pictures: Sporting memories of the Queen

In pictures: Sporting memories of the Queen

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BBC Sport takes a photographic look at the Queen’s life in sport.

The Queen was given her first horse, a Shetland pony named Peggy, aged four and began riding by the age of six. By her teens she was an accomplished horsewoman and is pictured here riding for the first time as monarch at Trooping the Colour in 1952.
The Queen and Princess Margaret
The Queen’s love of horses spanned her life and she regularly attended race meetings. Here she attends the 1950 Derby at Epsom with younger sister Princess Margaret
The Queen and Althea Gibson
In 1957, the Queen presented the Wimbledon singles title to Althea Gibson, the first African-American to win the SW19…

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