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Lady Louise Windsor Takes Paid Role and Drives at the Royal Windsor Horse Show

Organizers say the 22-year-old student holds a proper paid post with no special treatment.

Overview

  • Lady Louise drove a carriage on Sunday in the International Driving Competition and later joined her mother in a British Driving Society parade.
  • Event director Nick Brooks-Ward said she is one of the chief organizers running a first concierge service with no special treatment.
  • Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, also drove her own carriage in a navy velvet look topped with a wide-brimmed blue hat.
  • Police said a King’s Troop rider died after a fall on Friday evening at the show and Buckingham Palace said the King was greatly shocked and saddened.
  • Lady Louise, who studies English at the University of St Andrews, is seen as extending the Windsor carriage-driving tradition linked to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.