The less familiar side of Queen Maud of Norway: sports“Everyone” is familiar with her im
The less familiar side of Queen Maud of Norway: sports“Everyone” is familiar with her impeccable style, her slender waist and her royal background. Less known is her absolute love for sports. She’s said to have been one of the first in the British monarchy to bike in public, and biking was also a favourite activity of the just-engaged Maud and Carl (later king Haakon). Maud furthermore loved horse riding, ice skating, skiing, slleighrides, tennis etc, and encouraged her son, future king Olav, to embrace sports. He got as far as winning an Olympic medal in sailing in 1928. Although much of the surviving wardrobe from queen Maud contains evening gowns and gala attires, there’s also traces of her sporty side. Sport coats, tailor-mades, sport dresses, ice skates, roller skates, knitted sweaters and fur-lined coats and boots can be seen in the collection in the care of The National Museum in Oslo. Multiple private photos also exists. -- source link
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