Fieldsports have long been a passion of British monarchs and their families. But who are the best royal Shots?
Shooting-obsessed monarchies the world over have been customers of our best gun and rifle makers, seeking the very finest sporting kit with which to engage their preferred quarry. If we were to construct a historic line of royal Guns for an all-star team, it might look like this.
The top eight best royal Shots
Maharajah Duleep Singh
1.Maharajah Duleep Singh and sons
The resident of Elveden on the Norfolk-Suffolk border, the last king of the Sikhs was brought to England as a 15-year-old. His sons Victor and Frederick were both fine Shots and took part in shooting the record bag of 10,807 partridges and 5,771 pheasants at Highclere in 1895. The Maharajah himself held the record for shooting grouse over dogs at his Scottish estate Grandtully. The family all owned Purdeys, Prince Victor being gifted his pair of hammerguns at the age of 15.
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