Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth tells close friend why she’s ‘guilt conscious’

For more than thirty years, Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth had a close friendship with an American cowboy.

His unusual bond with the British monarch Monty Roberts is a horse trainer from California. It is examined in the documentary “The Cowboy and the Queen”. It details how Roberts, with the queen’s support, introduced his training methods to the United Kingdom.

Britain’s longest-reigning monarch died in 2022, aged 96. Roberts, St. Louis at Windsor Castle. He was invited to his funeral in St. George’s Chapel.

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Monty Roberts’ Queen Elizabeth II The story of his friendship with Elizabeth is told in the documentary “The Cowboy and the Queen.” (Masterclass and Greenwich Fun)

“My wife and I have been married for 68 years, but horses are my second love,” Roberts told Fox News Digital. “… “Your Majesty and I shared a deep love for horses. And getting to know him was a wonderful time in my life.”

Queen Elizabeth named one of her corgis after her friend Monty Roberts. (Masterclass and Greenwich Fun)

In his youth, Roberts worked closely with American mustangs and learned how to train the horses humanely. His humane method of “initiating” young or wild horses—teaching them how to accept a saddle and rider without enduring the violence of “breaking”—was considered revolutionary. UK Times reported. Roberts became known as the “horse whisperer.”

Monty Roberts is known for training horses with a non-violent approach. (Mike Nelson/AFP via Getty Images)

And in 1989, he caught the attention of the queen.

“I was definitely into horses,” Roberts explained. “I wasn’t into the human thing at the time. Some racehorse trainers in California came to me and said, ‘Oh my God, this is the way we have to go.’ “They said, ‘It’s better than what we did, with all the beatings and bindings and tying the front legs with ropes and all that.'”

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“…We had three or four open houses here for trainers of California racehorses,” he shared. “There were magazine writers here just to see what was going on. And they wrote their stories… The Queen was buying those magazines and reading about this crazy thing called nonviolent education.”

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Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth met Monty Roberts in 1989 and their friendship lasted until his death. (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

According to Roberts, the curious queen shared the articles with the horse manager. He described Roberts’ techniques as “nonsense” and insisted that “this is not real at all”. Still, the queen sent him to california To watch Roberts in action. He wanted to know if she was really the real deal.

“He came and watched me,” Roberts said. “He said, ‘I want to see another one, I want to see another one’. I built about four horses for him. He came back (to England) and said to him, ‘This is real’. And he said, ‘I want him here’.”

Monty Roberts’ techniques were initially ridiculed by traditional coaches. (Masterclass and Greenwich Fun)

Roberts admitted the first time he received the call stating this: queen of england wanted to meet him, thought it was a joke. But soon he and his wife, Pat, flew across the pond to Windsor Castle, where the queen was waiting for him with 23 horses.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth attends Monty Roberts’ horse whisperer performance at the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace in London on October 21, 2015. (Chris Jackson-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

“I was going to be there for five days,” he said. “He had 23 horses in the pastures in front of his bedroom, and he could see if there was anyone messing with these horses, cheating in any way. There were people there protecting these horses… He brought a horse that he gave to his mother, it never had a saddle, it never had a rider on its back… Twenty-six minutes Then there was a rider on me and a saddle on his back.”

Monty Roberts was traveling to the United Kingdom twice a year to train dozens of royal horses, the UK Sunday Times reported. (Masterclass and Greenwich Fun)

The UK Times reported that Roberts used “body language and gentle encouragement” rather than ropes and whips. He noted that traditionally training horses would take four to six weeks.

Roberts claimed the queen walked towards him “in a dazed state”.

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Monty Roberts’ techniques raised eyebrows, but he insisted that it was possible to train horses humanely. (Image alliance via Fabian Matzerath/Getty Images)

“He said, ‘I feel so much remorse,'” he said. “‘I should have told my father that I wanted to (learn) non-violent ways to train horses. And now I know it’s possible.'”

“From that moment on, we became close friends as horses brought us together,” he added.

Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth’s passion for horses stemmed from childhood. (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

Roberts learned that the queen learned to ride a horse when she was about 6 years old. Back then he had to put up with seeing horses being broken the “old fashioned” way. Although she tried to hide, the young princess was told repeatedly that “This must be done.”

“He said: ‘My conscience is so guilty. I should have told my father that I wanted to (learn) non-violent ways to train horses. And now I know it’s possible.'”

— Monty Roberts, horse trainer and Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth’s friend

Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth, age 9, 1935. (Universal Images Group via Photo12/Getty Images)

“His whole life he’s been told, ‘This has to be done,'” Roberts said. “Can you imagine me coming in 1989 when he was in his 70s and saying, ‘It doesn’t need to be done this way?’ From then on, not a single horse belonging to him was hit… And if you (hit) a horse, you need another job.”

The Queen’s friendship with Roberts and the lessons he learned were met with criticism. Still, he wasn’t impressed. Instead, he called on Roberts to demonstrate his methods in front of family members and skeptical palace aides.

In the documentary, it was revealed that Monty Roberts was a rodeo prodigy in his childhood. He later became a Hollywood stunt rider. (Masterclass and Greenwich Fun)

According to the UK Times, the queen introduced Roberts to horse breeders, traditional trainers and other equine advisors. He also found Roberts a publisher and encouraged him to write his best-selling book, “The Man Who Listened to Horses.” His patronage not only helped spread his teaching worldwide but also saved his career.

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Queen Elizabeth encouraged Monty Roberts to write a book about his teachings. (Chris Jackson-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

“He… invited me to places I can’t tell you about,” Roberts said. “They were little huts in trees in various places. She and Prince Philip would go there… the dogs would go with them.”

Roberts said that the statues made by his wife were placed on private properties by the queen. Eventually, Roberts was also given the honor of naming one of the queen’s prized corgis after her. Monty the dog appears in James Bond sketch with queen for Olympics opening ceremony and Daniel Craig as 007 In 2012.

Monty Roberts told Fox News Digital that he still wears his uniform in honor of his friend. (Masterclass and Greenwich Fun)

According to the UK Times, Roberts became a member of the Victorian Order. The Queen is also patron of the charity Join-Up International, which provides gentle horse training and helps military veterans as well as first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Monty Roberts was made a Member of the Victorian Order for “services to Her Majesty’s racing establishment”. (Courtesy of Monty Roberts and family)

Roberts claimed that the frequent phone calls between him and the queen ended after the queen’s death. I was diagnosed with bone cancer. We were told that the monarch was suffering and that all communication had to go through his doctors. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed in his memoirs published this year that the queen had bone cancer before her death.

Today, Roberts likes to remember the happier moments spent with her friend.

Monty Roberts’ teachings also help veterans and first responders struggling with PTSD. (Image alliance via Fabian Matzerath/Getty Images)

“While I was on my way, I got a call from the queen… She said, ‘Princess Margaret is with me, I want my sister and your whole team to stop by Windsor Castle,'” he recalled. “You’ll show me how you got here as a cowboy.”

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Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May 1968. (Tim Graham/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Roberts set out for Windsor Castle. He remembered watching The Queen speaks to Princess Margaret outside the round pen. The younger brother was “scared to death” that the horses would “run away and kill him.”

“I was going back and forth and answering Princess Margaret’s questions,” Roberts said. “And whenever the queen came to ask me a question, I would take off my cowboy hat.”

Monty Roberts traveled the world teaching his methods. (Masterclass and Greenwich Fun)

“About the fourth time he came and said: ‘Monty, not all men have to take their hats off when they talk to the queen.’ I said: ‘I thought so, your majesty. I was told that you must take off your hat when speaking to the queen, and that makes sense to me?’

England’s longest reigning monarch is Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth died in 2022 at the age of 96. Monty Roberts claimed that he was diagnosed with bone cancer. (Lewis Whyld – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

“He said, ‘Now listen carefully. If you’re wearing a uniform, you don’t need to take your hat off. All the men guarding me around this building are in uniform, and I can talk to any of them, and they don’t need to take their hat off because they’re in uniform.'”

“I looked at myself and said, ‘This is how I dress,'” Roberts continued. “The Queen tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘I call this your uniform.’ I never saw her without these clothes again… I’m still in uniform.”