Miscellaneous Royal Facts . . Inside the Royal Mews . . ◼ Queen Victoria described it as ‘a small village which belongs to Buckingham Palace’ and it was here at the Royal Mews, which during her reign was home to some 200 horses, that her children learned to ride and where she established a school for the children of Royal Mews workers. . ▪ The Mews, which date back to the reign of Richard II when they were based on the site of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, were originally used to house the monarch’s falcons, but from the 16th century became stabling for horses. . ▪ The present Royal Family have made good use of them, and as children Prince Charles and Princess Anne were taken there by the Queen to feed sugar lumps to the horses. . ▪ From 1969 the Mews was home to Burmese, a gift to Elizabeth II from the Canadian Mounted Police and her regular mount for the Trooping of the Colour until 1986. . ▪ Several weeks ahead of the ceremony the Queen would practise riding side-saddle at the Mews. Although she now attends the ceremony in an open carriage, she still knows the name of every horse in the Mews. . . . #Miscellaneousroyalfacts #RoyalFacts #Facts #Royal #Mews #Horses #RoyalMews #TheRoyalMews #RoyalFamily #Royalty #HouseofWindsor #History #Heritage #Monarchy #ElizabethII #QueenElizabethII #HerMajesty #Britishmonarchy #London #BuckinghamPalace (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsWJAPWl7hM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=w6yy5rzah0l0
