Neither soccer nor tennis; What was the favorite sport of the British monarch? – The financial

The Queen isabel II He had a long period at the head of the British Crown during which attended a large number of sporting events among which, without a doubt, the 1966 World Cup that the host England National Team won, although this was not their favorite sport.

The first sporting event you attended Elizabeth II after her coronation in 1953 it was the FA Cup final of that same year in which Blackpool beat Bolton Wanderers. “Football is a difficult business and footballers are before donnas. But it is a wonderful game”, he once expressed.

It was never known for sure which was his favorite soccer club, since he always tried to be neutral and hide his preference for some, but rumored to be a West Ham United fan. However, the Spanish footballer Cesc Fábregas assured after Arsenal’s visit to Buckingham Palace that the queen confessed that he was a fan of the ‘Gunners’.

Isabell II patronized during his reign the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrewsfollowing the custom of reigning monarchs since King William IV in 1834, although he did not play golf.

Also, was a patron of the Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union, entities that regulate this sport in England and Wales. Also encabezaba la All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Clubwhich hosts the Wimbledon Tournament annually (she only attended the tournament three times as she wasn’t too keen on tennis either).

Horses, the great passion of Queen Elizabeth II

Between football, cricket, rugby and tennis, the most popular sports in the United Kingdom, horse riding was the favorite of Queen Isabell II, passion inherited from family.

Several times the British queen expressed her great love for horse racing, since she owned thoroughbred horses that she bred herself. In recent years, he had more or less 30 horses of his own, with an average value of 40,000 euros each and whose upkeep cost the British Crown about 1,200,000 euros a year, according to El Confidencial.

In fact, his daughter, Princess Anne, won the European Eventing Championships, held in Burghley in 1971, riding the horse Doublet. “The Queen has bred both horse and rider,” Terry Pendry, head groom, joked for Vanity Fair magazine.

In addition to horseback riding, Queen Elizabeth II was very fond of betting on horse races, so he used to be informed with news and statistics of national and international races. It is said that he won several million pounds sterling in the last three decades betting on horses.

Annually Royal Ascot was held in his honour., a day of horse racing for which a dress code was imposed that required attendees to wear a hat. Ascot racecourse in England was one of the most visited in Europe for this event.

In recent years, due to her age, Queen Elizabeth stopped riding horses and only did it on her Fell pony called Fern.