Remembering the Queen's visits to Yorkshire - from 1949 to the autumn of her reign
The Queen attending the Doncaster Bloodstock Sales in 1955, where she met the manager of the Burton Agnes stud in East Yorkshire to view yearlings
Her passion for the turf would bring her back to Doncaster many times over the years to see the oldest classic race, along with other meetings. One of her most memorable visits was in 1953, when, accompanied by her first Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, she saw her colt, Landau, ridden to victory in the Doncaster Produce Stakes.
She would return to the show in her Silver Jubilee year, 1977, and again in 2008 to commemorate its 150th anniversary. In Leeds, she toured Elland Road, which was filled to capacity with 40,000 people who attended a youth festival in her honour. Another historic church brought the Queen back to Yorkshire three years later, when she attended the thanksgiving service to mark the restoration of York Minster after fire devastated the south transept on July 9 1984.
“As we have seen this afternoon, Yorkshire is a diverse region. The great conurbations of Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield and York are matched by the broad acres of the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors.
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