Queen Elizabeth is back to riding horses, nine months after she was told to quit. The 96-year-old monarch, who missed riding, has been on gentle trips in Windsor and is enjoying being back on the saddle.

"The Queen has enjoyed being on her horse again. The Queen had missed her riding over these nine months. She had been able to whizz around the castle's Quadrangle in her golf buggy to walk her corgis. Riding again is a wonderful sign after all those worries we had about her health. To be able to do so at 96 is pretty remarkable," a Windsor castle source told The Sun. The monarch has been facing ongoing mobility issues and has been seen with a stick or sat down during recent public appearances.

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At her Thanksgiving service, the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, said, "We are so glad you are still in the saddle and we are all glad there is still more to come. So thank you for staying the course," reports the portal. The Queen has reportedly been a keen horsewoman since getting her first pony aged three in 1929.

Mobility problems reportedly kept the Queen away from many Platinum Jubilee events as well. She met the Governor of New South Wales, Margaret Beazley, at Windsor Castle recently and was photographed without a walking cane, which she has been using frequently because of her ongoing mobility issues. Royal historian and biographer, Robert Lacey, told People, "The sense I get from everyone I speak to is that the Queen remains totally in control of her faculties and of everything at the palace. The problem is physical mobility — and that is not a constitutional or regency issue. She is in charge."

Meanwhile, users on the Internet were delighted to hear of the monarch's horse riding comeback. One user tweeted, "This is astonishing news! Wow! Her Majesty must be so happy to be riding again." Another said, "She must be so happy to be back in her element!!" A third wrote, "I'm glad to hear that because she loves it so much [two hearts emoji]."

A fourth added, "Outstanding! Good for her. Stress of the Jubilee is over, she can relax." A fifth mused, "Of course, NOBODY tells the QUEEN what she can or can't do for pleasure. Glad to see her up to riding. It's her favorite thing ever." A sixth felt, "That is fantastic news. It will be good for her!!! Keep her alive longer!"

"The Queen is hoping to set off on her travels next week despite suffering from ongoing mobility issues. She is hoping to make her annual trip to Scotland for Holyrood Week but a decision will be taken closer to the time, Buckingham Palace has said. The monarch is planning to be in residence at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh when other members of the royal family travel to Scotland en masse to carry out engagements between June 27 and July 1," reports Mirror.