Lady Louise Windsor and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh embrace at 王室の Windsor Horse Show as 王室のs muck in and take electric bike for a spin

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The 王室のs were once seen as decidedly distant ? but these days they love a good cuddle.

Yesterday a beaming Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, and her daughter Lady Louise Windsor flung their 武器 一連の会議、交渉／完成する each other on 会合 at 王室の Windsor Horse Show.

Just a day earlier, the King and another niece Zara Tindall were also snapped hugging at the show.?

Sophie and Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, were delighted to bump into trilby-hatted Louise, 20, as she worked as an 公式の／役人 at the show’s carriage 運動ing event.?

She?also caught up with her 16-year-old brother James, Earl of Wessex, at the show as he …を伴ってd mother Sophie, 59, just days after her historic visit to war-torn ウクライナ共和国.

The 20-year-old 王室の, who is 16th-in-line to the 王位, was pictured in a high-vis jacket, a branded gilet, and a badge 場内取引員／株価 her as an '公式の／役人' as she carried a pen and paper and walked around the grounds.

She managed to break away from mum’s embrace to zoom 一連の会議、交渉／完成する the show on a fat-tyred e-bike to 監視する the carriage 運動ing, an enthusiasm she had been introduced to by the late Prince Philip.

Yesterday a beaming Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh , and her daughter Lady Louise Windsor flung their 武器 一連の会議、交渉／完成する each other on 会合 at 王室の Windsor Horse Sh ow

She managed to break away from mum’s embrace to zoom 一連の会議、交渉／完成する the show on a fat-tyred e-bike to 監視する the carriage 運動ing, an enthusiasm she had been introduced to by the late Prince Philip

Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, at the 王室の Windsor Horse Show wearing a camel coloured jacket

The 王室の, who is not often seen in public, donned a trilby hat and glasses, and wore her hair in a low ponytail away from her 直面する so she could concentrate.

On the 底（に届く）, she donned comfortable tracksuit 底（に届く）s and practical waterproof boots.?

Her 外見 comes after she did not …に出席する the 復活祭?Sunday Service with her family last month which was held at St George's Chapel in Windsor - the second year in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 she 行方不明になるd the event.

The 20-year-old is 現在／一般に 熟考する／考慮するing English Literature at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, which is where Kate and William's 関係 blossomed.

によれば the University's website, both the week before and the week after 復活祭 still count as 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語-time.

Lady Louise Windsor was spotted at the 王室の Windsor Horse Show wearing a high-vis vest as she mucked in with the festivities

James, Earl of Wessex, looked sharp in a 海軍 控訴 and a （土地などの）細長い一片d tie as he joined his parents as a 観客 at the 王室の Windsor Horse Show

James looked sharp in his 控訴 and brown suede shoes?

Lady Louise 小衝突d her hair out of her 直面する in a mannerism mirrored by her mother Sophie in the background

This period is followed by two weeks of 改正, with exams beginning on Saturday 20th April.

It seems the young 王室の has taken a little time out of 改正 to fit in some 転換s at the 王室の Windsor Horse Show, which her family …に出席するs every year in Berkshire.

And this year, spirits are 特に high as King Charles has …に出席するd the event に引き続いて the news that his doctors are '肯定的な' about how his 癌 治療 is 進歩ing.

As Lady Louise Windsor 作品 静かに behind the scenes, it has been （人命などを）奪う，主張するd that there will be a special place in the 王室の family for her when the Prince of むちの跡s 結局 上がるs the 王位.

The Daily Mail's Diary Editor, Richard Eden, has 以前 said:?'In my opinion, another 広大な／多数の／重要な service the couple could do for the country would be to encourage their children, Lady L ouise and James, the Earl of Wessex, to become working 王室のs when the time is 権利.

'Louise, 20, is in her second year at St Andrews University, while James, 16, will sit his GCSE exams this year.

The 王室の, who is 16th in line to the 王位, 棒 an electric bike across the field

The 王室の travelled in style across the field as she worked as an 公式の／役人 at the 王室の Windsor Horse Show

The 王室の, who is 現在／一般に 熟考する／考慮するing English literature at St Andrews University, wore a gilet branded with the 王室の Windsor Horse Show's logo

'When Prince William becomes King, I hope that he will follow the example of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, and ask his cousins, 含むing Lady Louise and James, to 株 王室の 義務s with him.'

Lady Louise has 大部分は been 保護物，者d from the public gaze by her parents - but the next few years could see her stepping into public stride.

She is dear to the heart of the 王室の Family and was 特に の近くに to her late grandparents, Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

La dy Louise was their seventh grandchild. And for Philip, she brought not just joy but a sense of personal pride.

This was because she became the first 王室の to 公式に carry the surname Mountbatten-Windsor - so 許すing Philip's surname, Mountbatten, to continue into the 未来 of the 王室の family.

A former 補佐官 said Philip would be 'thrilled' that, 55 years after the birth of his first child, a member of the 王室の Family would finally be carrying on the Mountbatten line.

Prince Edward looked sharp in a tweed blazer as he …に出席するd the event

Lady Louise Windsor at the 王室の Windsor Horse Show in Berkshire

Mucking in! Lady Louise 現れるd from a portakabin wearing her high vis jacket paired with sensible trousers and shoes

Lady Louise was baptised in the 私的な chapel at Windsor with godparents 含むing Lady Sarah Chatto, Lady Alexandra Etherington, Mrs Francesca Schwarzenbach and Mr Rupert Elliott 同様に as Lord Ivar Mountbatten.

The young 王室の 株d a love of carriage 運動ing with the late Duke of Edinburgh, who was instrumental in helping to 設立する the activity as a sport in Britain.

に引き続いて his 退職, Philip had more time to enjoy carriage-運動ing, which was one of his favourite past-times since the 1970s. He raced carriages 近づく Norfolk before going on to 代表する Britain at several world and European 選手権s.

Sophie 以前 明らかにする／漏らすd that Prince Philip was 'so 嘆願 sed' when his granddaughter 手配中の，お尋ね者 to （問題を）取り上げる the sport.