Say it with horses: Gulf and British royals at the races


Issue 947 - 24 May 2013 | 3 minute read

King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa’s gift of two Bahraini pure-bred Arabian horses to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, on the occasion of the 2013 Royal Windsor Horse Show, is the latest in a long line of equine exchanges to bond the horse-loving royals of the Gulf and Britain. While the day-to-day political relationships between London and its Gulf allies ebb and flow, agitated from time to time by the rows over human rights or corruption that flare in the press and then quickly subside, the links between royalty endure, and to a large extent characterise bilateral relationships whose steadfastness has often trumped politics.

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