HOW QUEEN ELIZABETH'S CLOSE FRIEND AND FORMER MASTER OF THE HORSE DIES JUST MONTHS AFTER HIS WIFE! (2859 hits)
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Queen Elizabeth is saying goodbye to another longtime friend. Lord Samuel Vestey, who shared the Queen's love of horses and served as her Master of the Horse from 1999 to 2018, died at age 79, it was announced in the Racing Post.
His death comes just two months after his wife Lady Celia Vestey, a godmother to Prince Harry and another close friend of the royal family, died "suddenly but peacefully" at the age of 71 in November.
The couple were part of the Queen's inner circle, often accompanying her events and even riding with her in the horse-drawn carriage procession at the Royal Ascot. In 2019, Lord Vestey was named one of the monarch's Lords-in-waiting.
