At the age of 92, the Queen has embraced modern technology to be kept in constant contact with her beloved horses.
The monarch used an iPad connected to CCTV at Sandringham stables to watch her thoroughbred mares give birth.
Her hi-tech hobby will be revealed to royal fans during a Countryfile special from the Royal Stud on BBC1 tonight.
Queen Elizabeth II, waves to the crowds as she in rides in a carriage as it makes its way up The Mall from Buckingham Palace ahead of the Trooping the Colour ceremony
![The Queen was the first reigning Monarch to win the Gold Cup with her horse Estimate in 2013 (pictured)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/10/18/4D1D2ECF00000578-5827231-The_Queen_was_the_first_reigning_Monarch_to_win_the_Gold_Cup_wit-m-5_1528650658137.jpg)
The Queen was the first reigning Monarch to win the Gold Cup with her horse Estimate in 2013 (pictured)
David Somers, manager of the Queen’s stables, tells of how the Queen is alerted when foaling begins and then watches the progress on her tablet – allowing her to monitor the situation from anywhere she has an internet connection.
He said: ‘The advantage of the CCTV is that once it’s happening I can also be on the phone at the same time explaining what’s going on and talking her through the process.’
The Queen spends two months in the winter at Sandringham, Norfolk, but foals are usually born in the spring and early summer. The cameras now mean she doesn’t have to miss out on any of the action, report the Sunday Times.
Horses have been a lifelong passion for the Queen, who was gifted her first pony, Peggy, by her grandfather George V for her fourth birthday.
![Following the win, the monarch was ecstatic and commissioned a bronze statue of her much-loved winning horse to stand at the entrance of Sandringham](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/10/18/4D1D309400000578-5827231-image-a-6_1528650673967.jpg)
Following the win, the monarch was ecstatic and commissioned a bronze statue of her much-loved winning horse to stand at the entrance of Sandringham
The Queen’s retired stud groom Bob Rowlands tells Countryfile that his former boss ‘is very, very, very knowledgeable about her horses.’
‘The main thing you had to be very careful of was not trying to pull the wool over the Queen’s eyes.’
He added: ‘If we had a foal, the Queen would arrive and would always keen to see her newborn babies.’
The Queen was the first reigning Monarch to win the Gold Cup with her horse Estimate in 2013.
Following the win, the monarch was ecstatic and commissioned a bronze statue of her much-loved winning horse to stand at the entrance of Sandringham.