Celebrating The Royals’ Female Powerhouses | International Women’s Day

Celebrating The Royals’ Female Powerhouses | International Women’s Day

Philanthropy and physical prowess have been prominent facets of the British royal family for centuries demonstrating the Monarch’s generosity and concern for their subjects whilst also displaying their strength and athleticism showing the required qualities needed to lead a country the tradition of the King’s Monday Thursday arms giving at Easter

Time for example dates as far back as King John in the 13th century as the years passed the sovereign’s horsemanship turned from the battlefield to the sporting Arena from Eventing to Polo to Carriage driving not to mention the many non-e equestrian Sports they stick their a and boot into

But within the last century it has been the Royal women competing at sports top levels winning world and Olympic medals or simply outperforming their husbands in fun and games Britain’s queen Queens princesses duchesses and countesses have also supported tens of thousands of Charities and other organizations promoting children’s well-being mental health anti-slavery

Environmental Conservation and people with disabilities often using sport in order to do so here then we take a look at the Royal Family’s female powerhouses and their inexhaustible appetite to serve promote compete and win horses have been tightly intertwined with the lives of the Royals for centuries Queen Elizabeth II was a huge

Fan of horse racing and rode her own ponies into her ’90s the sport is an important constituent of the royal calendar with members regularly attending Royal ascet the chelam festival and the Epsom Derby King Charles was a keen Polo player as was his father Prince Phillip a family of

Skilled equestrians then but only two current Royals can call themselves Olympians the mother and daughter Duo of Princess Anne and Zara Tindle the Princess Royal married Captain Mark Phillips in 1973 and had two children together Peter and Zara Captain Phillips won medals in team Eventing at two Olympic Games gold in

Munich in 1972 and Sila 16 years later in Soul Anne was a member of great Britain’s Eventing team at the 1976 games in Montreal which had to withdraw during the competition due to injuries to two of the horses daughter Zara suffered double Olympic disappointments during the 2000s as injuries to her

Horse toytown forced her to withdraw from the British team for the Athens and Beijing games but then in London in 2012 Zara finally competed alongside her Great Britain teammates winning a silver medal on home soil with high Kingdom her medal was presented to her by her mother

You know at the end of the day we came home with a silver medal and if you’d asked us before that we probably would have been well chuffed but you know um the gold was in sight and you know it was disappointing but you know we could

Have lost the silver as well and who pops up to give you your silver medal but but your mom so that was a nice family moment tell me how that it was awesome obviously she’s part of the ioc so um you were expecting it it wasn’t a

Huge surprise I thought they might do it a silver in the Olympics but just seven years previously she had achieved gold in team and individual Eventing at the European championships a year later in 2006 she went to the world championships in Germany winning gold in individual competition she and toytown

Were world champions her achievements were recognized by the British public at the end of the year as she was voted BBC sports Personality of the Year following in her mother’s footsteps as Princess Anne picked up the award in 1971 it was the first and Remains the only time that members of the same

Family have won the award after being forced to give up Polo because of arthritis in his right wrist the ever pragmatic and enterprising Prince philli began a new tradition based on the old he took up and helped develop the sport of carriage driving even helping to draft an internationally recognized rule

Book when he died in 2021 he left his driving ponies and carriage to his youngest granddaughter lady Louise Windsor who shared his love for the sport it was an emotional moment for the queen at her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022 when Lise rode his ponies and carriage at the Royal Windsor Horse

Show equestrian events are often seen as the domain of the Rich and privileged but the Royals love of the sport has seen them try and widen its appeal Zara was in her late teens when she served as president of Club 16 to 24 a group which aimed to attract young people into

Equestrianism at the same time she backed a campaign to give primary school children of all backgrounds a chance to ride horses I guess um I me always cuz I’ve always had horses around me um giving them an opportunity to do that have the same opportunities as people

Like me is is obviously going to be good isn’t it she is currently the patron of retraining of racehorses a charity for the well-being of retired race horses likewise Anne is a keen supporter of horse welfare organizations she is Patron of the British eoin Veterinary Association and vice patron of the

British horse Society to name just two the Royal support other animal welfare Charities too the king and queen are joint presidents of the elephant family founded in 2002 by Camila’s late brother Mark Shand princess Eugene of York is also a patron of the conservation charity Camila is a well-known supporter

Of batter dogs and cats home of which she has been Patron since 2017 working closely with the late comedian and broadcaster Paulo Grady we are I’ve got a lot of things to tell you about thiss to see you this is my latest this is sausage this is sausage sausage came from

Romania she’s got a Polish chip oh I’m I don’t speak language to be honest a nightmare are you well behaved sausage she well she’s okay she’s an escape artist so we’ve had to literally fence off an entire field for her so she can go running around another of the queen

Consort’s commitments is to literacy encouraging children to read and write from an early age sing softly in a gently flowing Brook but it’s never it’s never it’s a and since 2006 Camila has invited children with life-limiting illnesses to decorate the Christmas tree at her London residents Clarence House help thank

You Princess Anne has been a fervent supporter of children’s charity save the children serving as its president since 1970 and its Patron since 2017 I I’ve been a born pessimist all my life but curiously enough one of the I don’t feel that about sa Jord Fun’s work never have

Done partly because I think the the way in which he done the thoroughness with the which they approach their projects and the evaluation which they approach their projects and and throughout the life of the project I feel there there are very very few occasions or places where I felt

This isn’t working stepping down a generation to the wife and mother of the two future kings of England Catherine Princess of Wales a mother of three Kate is passionate about the early years development of children she launched the Royal Foundation Center for Early Childhood in 2021 and leads the center’s

Shaping us campaign in addition she is Patron of the evina London Children’s Hospital opening a new Children’s Day Surgery unit there in 2023 and of the foundling museum the UK’s first children’s charity her skills as a mother are always in evidence in her many public engagements how old are you guys you’re

Five are you five too how are you you put that one in there yay you push it really hard well done can I shake your hand very nice to meet you what’s this is this your picture and did you draw this is something you designed I did princess beatric and princess Eugene

Also mothers of little ones have championed children’s causes beatric is Royal Patron for the Yorkshire based Forget Me Not children’s hospice both sisters supported their mother Sarah Duchess of York’s charity children in crisis aimed at improving the lives of women and children in developing countries in 2010 beatric became the

First Royal to run the London Marathon to raise money for the charity children in crisis merged with Street child in 2018 Sophie then the Countess of Wessex ran part of a virtual London marathon in 2020 during the covid pandemic in her role as patron of menap she joined a

Runner with a disability for the first 1.5 miles of his virtual Marathon to symbolize the 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability disabilities are a key focus of Sophie’s Public Service she is the patron of British wheelchair basketball presenting medals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in

2022 her passion though is preventing avoidable blindness something personal to The Duchess of Edinburgh because of her daughter lady Louise was born with esotropia a condition where one of the eyes turns inwards aged 10 she had surgery which successfully corrected it improving her eyesight Sophie is global Ambassador for the international Agency

For the prevention of blindness and has traveled the world to see projects aimed at tackling blindness she is also Royal Patron for guide dogs in the UK Sophie is just one of the female Royals championing equality for women particularly in business and in the workplace as well as preventing sexual

And domestic violence she attended an anti-domestic violence reception alongside the queen consort at Buckingham Palace in 2022 as part of a un Global initiative she is the president of girl guiding and chair of the women’s Network Forum working for the advancement of gender balance and equality in businesses princess yugin has devoted

Much of her time and effort into combating modern-day slavery of which women and girls are estimated to make up 71% of overall victims eugin is Patron of anti-slavery International and founded the anti-slavery colle itive in 2017 alongside her friend Julia debonville both women host a podcast called floodlight talking to

High-profile guests and highlighting the battle against slavery we want to work with businesses looking at their supply chains and being leaders in the movement and we’re going to focus in on how businesses can really lead the charge in ending modern slavery since becoming a member of the royal family and now as

Queen Camila has sha a light on a range of causes for the betterment of society for women in 2013 as Duchess of Cornwall she began the washbag initiative providing washbags to women referred to sexual assault referral centers in London the scheme has now expanded to the whole of the UK the queen also

Highlights the work domestic abuse Charities do to support victims and survivors both in Britain and around the world across the Commonwealth calls to the domestic violence helplines have increased by by up to 500% over the past 2 years whether we are aware of it or not we all know someone who has endured

Sexual or domestic abuse we can therefore all be part of combating these heinous acts Camila is president of the women of the world Foundation campaigning for gender equality across the globe in 2023 she hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace to Mark International women’s day with guests including nazanin zagari

Radcliffe actors Sarah Lancashire and Rose aing Ellis and leader of the House of Commons Penny Morant The Royals are not just champions of Charity but enthusiastic supporters of various Sports often taking part in games as part of their engagements with varying degrees of success as we’ve already seen Princess

Anne and Zara Tindle are Champion horse riders but their sporting interests and talents do not end there Princess Anne has been patron of the Scottish Rugby Union since the mid 1980s and is regularly seen at Scotland’s International matches at edinburgh’s murrayfield Stadium her son Peter Phillips was a talented Rugby Union

Player selected for Scotland’s national school boys side in 1995 Zara’s interest in rugby took her to the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia where she met her few husband England International Mike Tindle the couple have three children together as well as being world champion in EV venting Zara excelled in gymnastics Athletics and

Hockey as a school girl the Princess of Wales too was a talented hockey player captaining her team during her school days and playing at University in 2012 she opened a new astro pitch at her old school St Andrews and so was one of the first people to

Play on the new field showing impressive skill and balance in a coat and heels Catherine is often seen at The Wimbledon Tennis Championships in her role as patron of the all England lawn tennis club and the lawn tennis Association she is also patron of England’s governing bodies for both

Codes of rugby the Rugby Football Union and the Rugby Football League and her already heavy involvement in sport doesn’t stop there she and William as the Young and fit future king and queen are regularly invited to try their hand at all manner of sports with Kate often coming out on top yeah lovely

Lovely hello brilliant William and Kate’s daughter princess Charlotte has said her favorite sport is gymnastics her father is president of the Football Association and the pair have previously sent good luck messages to the England Women’s National Team the lionesses to go out there tomorrow and really enjoy yourselves good luck

Lionesses you’ve done amazingly well in the competition and we’re rooting for you all the way good luck I hope you win bye the next generation of Royals are sure to inherit their parents love of and talent for sport getting stuck in and getting on with it is the attitude of the royal

Women to both their charitable Endeavors and sporting commitments championing causes to improve the lives of men women children and animals amplifying the voices of those who need to be heard leading teams and organizations off the field and putting in medal-winning performances on it Britain’s royal women have shown a tireless and irrepressible

Dedication to a wide ranging and expanding number of people and groups all in an impressive yet modest Spirit of selflessness

‘Celebrating The Royals’ Female Powerhouses | International Women’s Day’

On International Women’s Day we take a look at the female powerhouses of the Royal Family.

From sporting prowess to charitable commitments, the Royal women show a tireless and irrepressible dedication to a range of people and causes.

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