Platinum Jubilee: New unseen footage shows Queen's affection for horses

The Queen can be seen caring for the animals in videos to be to be shown as part of ITV's coverage of the Jubilee celebrations.

Filmed at the Royal Stud in Sandringham in April, she speaks affectionately to several horses and foals, alongside her breeding and racing adviser John Warren.

The Queen, a keen horseracing fan, will not attend the Epsom Derby this weekend and will instead watch it on TV from Windsor, Buckingham Palace said.