The Queen’s most famous appearances at sporting events – in pictures

Queen Elizabeth was a presence at some of the most celebrated moments in sporting history in the United Kingdom.

While her biggest sporting passion over the years was horse racing, Her Majesty watched on from the Royal Box of many of the UK’s most hallowed sporting venues with Wembley, Wimbledon and Lord’s among her many stops.

Metro.co.uk looks back at some of the most memorable images of The Queen taking in the action following her death at the age of 96.

The Queen was at Wembley to witness English football’s greatest moment in 1966 as Bobby Moore led his side to World Cup glory against West Germany.

An abiding memory of that day is the sight of the captain desperately trying to wipe his hands clean on his shorts before meeting her having spotted Her Majesty wearing pristine white gloves to hand the Jules Rimet Trophy over.

While Prince William and Kate Middleton are more frequent visitors at SW19, The Queen made four visits to Wimbledon over the years. Her last visit was in June 2010, her first in 33 years to watch Andy Murray beat Jarko Nieminen of Finland to book his place in the third round.

‘I think for all the players, it’s probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for all of us,’ Murray said of meeting the Queen.

The Queen’s previous visits to Wimbledon took place in 1957, 1962 and 1977.

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While Football didn’t come home that summer, the Queen was present at Wembley once again as Germany took on Czech Republic in the Euro ’96 final.

After being introduced to Jurgen Klinsmann and co. ahead of kick-off, she did the honours of handing over the trophy after Germany’s 2-1 win.

In 2013, The Queen made a royal visit