British - Athlete | July 13, 1985 -
People recognise me now. I've got so much fan mail.
Charlotte Dujardin
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People tell me I'm their idol and a huge inspiration - that's really surreal.
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I literally worked from the bottom up to where I am now.
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I have come from a background where I haven't had lots of money to put me on the map. I've had to work very hard for what I've got.
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I literally got a private invite for lunch with the Queen. There was just 10 of us. And I was absolutely petrified because you can't take anyone with you, and no other sportspeople were there. There was the head of the military, and then the Queen sat next to me.
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My mum used to ride, and when she was mucking out, I always wanted to sit on a horse. And if she took me off, I'd scream my head off.
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The sport is about finding the horses. But to find another Valegro is impossible.
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I don't ever want to be famous. I never want to live that life. I genuinely hate the fact that I would be stopped for a picture or an autograph all the time.
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I got asked to do loads of TV series, all sorts of things that weren't me.
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It is probably like an artist. They see in their head what they want to draw, and they draw it. It is like I have a feeling inside me that I want to create on a horse, and that is what I do.
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Every horse I get on I can adapt to. It's like a jigsaw puzzle.
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I have walked into several pubs, and guys in there have said to me, 'My God, you are the girl off the dancing horse.' They have got no idea about dressage, and they said, 'I can't work out whether you make the horse do that or the horse does it itself - we just couldn't tell - but it brought tears to our eyes.'
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