LADY SARAH MCCORQUODALE, SISTER OF DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES, IS DUE TO BECAME MASTER OF THE HUNT. UNLIKE HER NEPHEW PRINCE WILLIAM, LADY SARAH IS FREE TO CONTINUE ENJOYING FOXHUNTING. WHEN THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT BANNED FOX HUNTING, THE PRINCE OF WALES AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTED THAT THEY COULD NO LONGER RIDE TO HOUNDS. THERE IS NO SUCH RESTRICTION ON PRINCE WILLIAM'S AUNT LADY SARAH, WHO WILL BECOME A MASTER OF THE BELVOIR HUNT. 'LADY SARAH WILL BECOME A MASTER OF THE HUNT IN MAY', SAYS NINA CAMM, THE SECRETARY OF THE BELVOIR HUNT SUPPORTER'S CLUB. 'SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE HUNT FOR MANY YEARS. THERE WAS ALWAYS MUCH SPECULATION ABOUT WHETHER LADY SARAH'S SISTER DIANA, WAS A SUPPORTER OR AN OPPONENT OF HUNTING. ALTHOUGH SHE RODE TO HOUNDS AS A YOUNG GIRL, IT WAS CLAIMED THAT SHE FROWNED UPON THE SPORT IN LATER LIFE. HOWEVER, PRINCE WILLIAM AND PRINCE HARRY REGULARLY RODE TO HOUNDS. WILLIAM CONTINUED HUNTING UNTIL ONE MONTH BEFORE THE BAN CAME INTO EFFECT IN 2005 AND FOXHUNTING IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN HIS FAVORITE SPORT. THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE PRINCESS ROYAL CARRIED ON HUNTING UNTIL 2004. THE PREVIOUS YEAR, PRINCE CHARLES REPORTEDLY TOLD A PRIVATE GATHERING: 'IF THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT EVER GETS ROUND TO BANNING FOX HUNTING, I MIGHT AS WELL LEAVE THIS COUNTRY AND SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE SKIING.' THE HUNTING ACT HAS RESULTED IN ONLY A HANDFUL OF PROSECUTIONS. IT STILL ALLOWS THE HUNTING OF A FOX'S SCENT WITH DOGS, BUT NOT THE KILLING OF THE ANIMAL. LADY SARAH IS CURRENTLY THE HIGH SHERIFF OF LINCOLNSHIRE, THE UNPAID ENFORCER OF THE QUEEN'S WRIT IN THE COUNTRY. DAVID CAMERON SAYS HE WILL HOLD A FREE VOTE IN PARLIAMENT ON WHETHER TO LIFT THE 2005 LAW IF THE CONSERVATIVES WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
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