Those of us who were on the royal tour in the spring of 2005 to celebrate the centenaries of Saskatchewan and Alberta remember the rain, the whipping wind and the plunging temperatures - but also the "stiff upper lip" of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen and Prince Philip were coming first to Regina for the unveiling of a statue on the grounds of the legislature to honour Burmese, a horse she rode for 18 years. Burmese, a filly, was not only the Queen's favourite horse, but a local celebrity, having been bred at Maple Creek, west of the provincial capital. She had been given as a gift to the Queen in 1969, when the RCMP Musical Ride was performing in the United Kingdom.
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