75 years of Royal Windsor Horse Show: watch the show through the ages

To celebrate Royal Windsor Horse Show’s landmark anniversary, take a trip down memory lane to when the show began in 1943

When Windsor Horse Show began in 1943, it was set up to support ‘Wings for Victory’ week, a war time campaign to raise money to purchase Hurricanes and Spitfires for the Royal Air Force.

It was the idea of Geoffrey Cross, who had been invalided out of the Army, and Count Orssich, a showing producer living near Windsor. By November 1943, the Royal Windsor Horse Show Club had been founded, with King George VI as its patron.

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Article written by: Madeleine Silver