Lady Louise Windsor is carrying on one her late grandfather Prince Philip’s greatest passions.
Just days after attending the Service of Thanksgiving honoring Prince Philip nearly a year after his death at age 99, 18-year-old Louise competed in the British Indoor Carriage Driving Championships. The daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex took sixth place in the junior novice division.
Lady Louise is clearly devoted to the sport — she’s also competed in the Royal Windsor Horse Show — following in the footsteps of Prince Philip, who competed well into his 80s before opting for more leisurely rides until the final months of his life.
“I started driving because I’d been playing polo, and I decided I’d give up polo when I was 50,” he told ITV in 2017. “I was looking ’round to see what next, I didn’t know what there was available. And I suddenly thought, ‘Well, we’ve got horses and carriages, so why don’t I have a go?’ So I borrowed four horses from the stables in London, took them to Norfolk and practiced and thought, ‘Why not?’ ”
