# Queen's granddaughter wins world equestrian title **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496 "2006-08-28T06:09:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/1 "2006-08-28T06:09:06Z")
[Link](http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,20275034-23218,00.html) What is it about the Royal family and horses? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/2 "2006-08-28T06:24:09Z")
Same as with the Spanish Royal family and horses… not so long ago since you rode one to battle, yet in the years between, many people sold the horse when they bought the tractor. Them Royals can afford to have as many horses as they want to, be they biological or mechanical. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/3 "2006-08-28T06:31:36Z")
Common ancestry? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/4 "2006-08-28T09:18:01Z")
> [@peri](#): > > Common ancestry? Very possibly and you only have to take a look at Camilla Parker Bowels to see that they intend to keep it that way 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/5 "2006-08-28T10:37:41Z")
Yes, with the billions and billions of people out there who have access to equestrian sports and the free time available to practice it’s astounding that the same family keeps producing winners. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/6 "2006-08-28T11:28:18Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Yes, with the billions and billions of people out there who have access to equestrian sports and the free time available to practice it’s astounding that the same family keeps producing winners. Beat me to it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/7 "2006-08-28T12:54:28Z")
Hmph…the link is to Fox Sports. _They_ used to chase the Fox, _now_, Fox chases _them_… ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/8 "2006-08-28T13:04:11Z")
I’d be more impressed he she had won a world championship in something like darts, fishing or snooker. This would show that the Royal Family were just like the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/9 "2006-08-28T13:14:44Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > What is it about the Royal family and horses? I recall the issue of Lady Diana’s virginity arising when Prince Charles announced their engagement. “Truly, Doctor, it must have been all that horseback riding!” ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/10 "2006-08-28T14:26:45Z")
Or when Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips, some opined that it would be a very **stable** relationship. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/11 "2006-08-28T14:53:40Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Hmph…the link is to Fox Sports. > > _They_ used to chase the Fox, _now_, Fox chases _them_… In Soviet Russa, fox chases _you!_ Princess Anne was the only competitor at the Seoul Olympics not required to take a gender test, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/12 "2006-08-28T21:55:42Z")
> [@Rayne Man](#): > > I’d be more impressed he she had won a world championship in something like darts, fishing or snooker. This would show that the Royal Family were just like the rest of us. Nah, then they would just be putting on airs… or the opposite of putting on airs. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/13 "2006-08-28T22:16:27Z")
> [@Rayne Man](#): > > I’d be more impressed he she had won a world championship in something like darts, fishing or snooker. . Or bowling! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/14 "2006-08-29T01:10:34Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Very possibly and you only have to take a look at Camilla Parker Bowels to see that they intend to keep it that way 😃 Fortunately the bitch is past breeding age. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/15 "2006-08-29T05:40:15Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Fortunately the bitch is past breeding age. Camilla Parker Bowels. One of the few royals inbred so much that she is a horse _and_ a dog. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/16 "2006-08-29T05:43:45Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > In Soviet Russa, fox chases _you!_ > > Princess Anne was the only competitor at the Seoul Olympics not required to take a gender test, by the way. It was the **Montreal** Olympics. 😉 If Anne were a man and Charles the woman, would she have been their heir apparent over him? If so, are there any plans to change this in the future? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/17 "2006-08-29T05:45:55Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > Camilla Parker Bowels. One of the few royals inbred so much that she is a horse _and_ a dog. She aint a fully fledged royal as yet, give it time, give it time and before ya know it we’ll be hailing her as Queen Bowels the First ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/18 "2006-08-29T06:04:28Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > She aint a fully fledged royal as yet, give it time, give it time and before ya know it we’ll be hailing her as Queen Bowels the First Wrong. While they’re not making a big thing of it, she is indeed a member of the Royal Family and an HRH. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/19 "2006-08-29T06:10:27Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Wrong. While they’re not making a big thing of it, she is indeed a member of the Royal Family and an HRH. Well ya live and learn, just colour me stupid :smack: What about the Queen Bowels da First tho’ is it likely or will she be queen consort or summink 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496/20 "2006-08-29T06:16:20Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Fortunately the bitch is past breeding age. Ouch! The [daughter](http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/prince-charles-stepdaughter-marries/2006/05/07/1146940396895.html) she has bred is certainly attractive. And her [son](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Slideshow/slideshowContentFrameFrag.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2005/09/12/wedding/upixwedding.xml) isn’t especially ugly either. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queens-granddaughter-wins-world-equestrian-title/370496.md?page=2)