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Queen Elizabeth is saying goodbye to another longtime friend. Lord Samuel Vestey, who shared the Queen's love of horses and served as her Master of the Horse from 1999 to 2018, died at

age 79, it was announced in the _Racing Post_. His death comes just two months after his wife Lady Celia Vestey, a godmother to Prince Harry and another close friend of the royal family,

died "suddenly but peacefully" at the age of 71 in November. The couple were part of the Queen's inner circle, often accompanying her events and even riding with her in the

horse-drawn carriage procession at the Royal Ascot. In 2019, Lord Vestey was named one of the monarch's Lords-in-waiting. "He had a lot of success as an owner and breeder, but put

an awful lot back in as well," racehorse trainer James Fanshawe told the _Racing Post._ "Lord and Lady Vestey were such a wonderful couple and they'd know everyone's name

when they came for a yard visit and be asking after so and so — it wasn't about them, it was about everyone else." _CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF _PEOPLE_'S ROYALS COVERAGE? SIGN

UP FOR OUR FREE ROYALS NEWSLETTER TO GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON KATE MIDDLETON, MEGHAN MARKLE AND MORE!_ Queen Elizabeth, 94, has mourned the loss of several close friends in recent months.

Lady Moyra Campbell, one of the women who accompanied the monarch as she made her vows at her historic Coronation in 1953, died at age 90 in November. Lady Moyra's passing followed the

recent death of the Queen's cousin, Lady Elizabeth Shakerley. Lady Elizabeth, who was known as Elizabeth Anson, was the original party hostess for the aristocratic and upper classes,

running Party Planners business from her home in Notting Hill, London, for decades.