Please refer to the below:
https://www.themeateater.com/hunt/big-game/queen-elizabeth-ii-a-badass-hunter
Queen Elizabeth took a stag at age 19, which would have been 1945 or 1946, at Balmoral.
Does anyone know the details?? Especially with regards to the rifle used? Caliber? Make? Presumably it would have been a double rifle, manufactured by Purdey or Holland & Holland.
Also, the attached article states the following:
“The queen “joined the guns” at Balmoral, meaning she participated in bird hunting at the estate…”
Does anyone know to what extent she participated? Bystander or active shooter?
She had no objection to the following:
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/story?id=82100&page=1
https://www.themeateater.com/hunt/big-game/queen-elizabeth-ii-a-badass-hunter
Queen Elizabeth took a stag at age 19, which would have been 1945 or 1946, at Balmoral.
Does anyone know the details?? Especially with regards to the rifle used? Caliber? Make? Presumably it would have been a double rifle, manufactured by Purdey or Holland & Holland.
Also, the attached article states the following:
“The queen “joined the guns” at Balmoral, meaning she participated in bird hunting at the estate…”
Does anyone know to what extent she participated? Bystander or active shooter?
She had no objection to the following:
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/story?id=82100&page=1