Who Is Porchey, Queen Elizabeth II's friend in The Crown? The stable hand and horse racing manager has long been close with the monarch and royal family.
"We were mixed up in the crowd," he told English author Sarah Bradford."No one recognized Princess Elizabeth or Princess Margaret, and we went round up Whitehall, up Piccadilly, into the Ritz Hotel—I used to have a little room there—and back through Hyde Park Corner, down the Mall."
Although, Porchey and the queen's bond extended beyond a shared interest in horses."It was a very equal friendship ranging over many interests," his son, George Herbert, also told."They were from the same generation. They had been through the war. They shared a great love of the countryside and wildlife as well as horses. Whether they were walking at Sandringham, Highclere or in Scotland, it was always a great obsession.
He added that his father and the queen would often have"lively discussions" about horse breeding and racing, which became a"key part of their week."Porchey spent his lifetime around horses, even serving under the Royal Horse Guards in North Africa during World War II,reported. He first fell in love with horse racing after he and his father visited thoroughbred trainer Fred Darling's stables in 1942.wrote of his contributions in the position .
"But it was as the Queen's racing manager that he maintained his highest racing profile. In the 1970s, the royal studs were continuing to breed quality horses, and notable racecourse successes included Highclere's in the 1974 French Oaks on the eve of Royal Ascot, and Dunfermline's wins in the Oaks and the St Leger in Jubilee Year .
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