Our office in Windsor has a huge window at the front which makes a nice atmosphere on clear blue-sky days like today. Occasionally,it also provides entertainment, from the odd kid knocking on the window to watching the occasional drunk singing as he goes by.

When the Queen is staying just up the hill at Windsor castle, we often get a couple of the Queen’s guard on horse back come down for a coffee next door. Usually this means we look out the window at a horse’s backside, but sometime’s they’re nice enough to turn them round. The horses are absolutely huge and I’d always wondered how much of a run up they took to get on.

As I discovered this morning, they can’t just get on. They actually use the park benches as a step and then have to stretch. Quite amusing to watch…