Overview
- The Sunday Times' royal editor Roya Nikkhah wrote on Sunday that King Charles offered the tip during his visit to open the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Cancer Centre at York Hospital.
- Charles advised riding a bicycle without the saddle to build leg strength for short stirrups, a technique he said worked for him from his own riding days.
- Nikkhah has been training at the Lambourn gallops, has passed the jockey fitness test, and has not yet tried the saddle-free cycling suggestion.
- Nikkhah will compete in the Macmillan Ride of Their Lives at York racecourse on June 13 to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support instead of attending Trooping the Colour.
- Separately, royal author Ingrid Seward offered speculative comments that the king could invite Prince Harry and his family to Balmoral under conditions, a suggestion that is unconfirmed and reported as commentary.