Sir Michael Oswald, expert in stud management who for many years advised the Queen and the Queen Mother on breeding racehorses – obituary
He would call the Queen two or three times a week, kept her informed of new foals born, and was impressed by her deep equestrian knowledge
28 April 2021 • 8:38pm
The Queen with her National Hunt Racing Adviser Sir Michael Oswald for the Investec Derby at Epsom on June 4 2016
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Sir Michael Oswald, who has died just short of his 87th birthday, was Manager and later Director of the Royal Studs at Sandringham from 1970 to 1999, and the Queen Mother’s racing manager from 1970 to 2002.
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Sir Michael Oswald, who played a key role in the royal familyâs racing interests as the former manager of the royal studs, has died aged 86. It was on the day of Prince Philipâs funeral, Saturday 17 April, that he died after a long period of illness, according to the
Sir Michael advised Her Majesty, 94, as well as the Queen Mother, and presided over their racing interests for almost 30 years. Oswaldâs widow, Lady Angela, the daughter of 6th Marquess of Exeter and a former Woman of the Bedchamber to the Queen Mother, paid tribute to her husband, saying: âHe always said he had the most wonderful job anybody could ever have had and that for all his working life he was simply doing what he would have done had he been a rich man who didn t have to work.â