With her trademark gin and Dubonnet in hand and a twinkle in her eye, the Queen Mother famously knew how to combine royal protocol with a bit of fun. Like her daughter Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mum also adored horses and racing—and according to famed horse trainer Nicky Henderson, the late royal enjoyed being in the company of the sport's most notorious figures.
"She hated it being too many women. You always had to have one spare man," Henderson shared with the Times. "The bigger the rogue, the better. We’d sing—she’d be singing along. She was great fun."
