{"id":234449,"date":"2026-05-17T11:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234449\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:08:39","slug":"lady-louise-windsor-is-the-late-queens-double-with-expert-carriage-driving-skills-at-royal-windsor-horse-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234449\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Louise Windsor is the late Queen’s double with expert carriage-driving skills at Royal Windsor Horse Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lady Louise Windsor<\/a> proved that carriage driving skills run in the family on Sunday as she took centre stage at the Royal Windsor Horse Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old daughter of the Duke<\/a> and Duchess of Edinburgh<\/a> was reminiscent of her late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>, as she expertly navigated the International Carriage Driving Competition at Home Park.<\/p>\n

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Lady Louise Windsor drives a carriage during the Royal Windsor Horse Show in Windsor (PA Images via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Just like her grandmother\"Princess<\/p>\n

Princess Elizabeth and Margaret in driving class at Windsor (Alamy Stock Photo)<\/p>\n

The late monarch, who passed away in 2022, famously adored horses and was seen driving a carriage on a handful of occasions, including alongside her sister, Princess Margaret, and solo in her great-grandmother Queen Alexandra’s carriage, in the grounds of Windsor Castle in 1944.<\/p>\n

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The Duchess of Edinburgh supported her daughter at the Royal Windsor Horse Show (PA Images via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Joining Lady Louise, who is currently completing the final year of her English degree at the University of St Andrews, was her mother. Duchess Sophie, 61, also rode in a carriage while wearing an unexpected midnight blue ensemble featuring a top hat.<\/p>\n

Working royal\"Prince<\/p>\n

The royal made her father laugh (Alamy Stock Photo)<\/p>\n

Despite her royal status, Lady Louise is reportedly working at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in the capacity of a chief organiser. On Saturday, she was seen lightheartedly directing her parents, who stood behind a metal barrier, while sporting a yellow high-vis vest. Later, she swapped the vest for a fleece gilet with ‘CAI Official’ emblazoned on the back.<\/p>\n

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Lady Louise Windsor is working as an official during the International Carriage Driving Competition (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The initials ‘CAI’ stand for Concours d’Attelage International (International Driving Competition). A source told us that Lady Louise previously requested a job in the offices during her university summer holidays and was “very polite and helpful” as she was put to work doing administrative tasks, such as sealing envelopes.<\/p>\n

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Lady Louise Windsor put her carriage-driving skills on full display on Sunday (Alamy Stock Photo)<\/p>\n

The insider told us: “Duchess Sophie and Prince Edward provided Lady Louise and her brother James with as normal an upbringing as possible, and this is clearly reflected in her work ethic.<\/p>\n

“She is very grounded and down-to-earth; you wouldn’t know she was a royal. It was her idea to ask for a part-time job. She’s very hard-working,” they added. Alongside her studies, Lady Louise keeps a busy schedule, including being involved in the theatre scene up in St Andrews and joining the University Officers’ Training Corps as a cadet.<\/p>\n

Centre stage\"Lady<\/p>\n

Lady Louise made time to compete amid her part-time work (PA Images via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the young royal dressed up for the occasion, sporting a khaki tweed blazer, tan fedora hat, and textured riding gloves. She was all smiles, clearly in her element in the driving seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lady Louise Windsor proved that carriage driving skills run in the family on Sunday as she took centre…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[58618,91888,91890,9580,40433,9,24,63,91891,11613,122,124,123,91887,91889,12422],"class_list":["post-234449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-berkshire","tag-carriage-driving","tag-duchess-of-edinburgh","tag-getty-images","tag-lady-louise-windsor","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-princess-elizabeth-and-margaret","tag-princess-margaret","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-royal-windsor-horse-show","tag-windsor","tag-windsor-castle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}