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21st April 2020
05:23pm BST

The video also shows the young Elizabeth's fascination with animals – we see her playing with birds and dogs as well as riding a horse. A separate post by The Royal Trust reveals that the queen was given a Shetland pony for her fourth birthday by her grandfather, King George V, which started her life-long love of equestrian sports.Thank you for your messages today, on The Queen’s 94th birthday. ??
? In this private footage from @RCT, we see The Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, with her family, including her younger sister Princess Margaret. pic.twitter.com/T5IUS8MmQj — The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 21, 2020
We were really struck by the opening image of the video in which we see Queen Elizabeth as a baby – looking the absolute spit of her great-grandson, Prince George.Happy birthday to Her Majesty The Queen, 94 today! On her fourth birthday Princess Elizabeth was given a Shetland pony by her grandfather, King George V. She took riding lessons in Windsor Great Park and was able to ride on her own by the age of six. https://t.co/cyg7vhPL0H pic.twitter.com/ERZN1KyRSg
— RoyalCollectionTrust (@RCT) April 21, 2020

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