 English Prince was a "big, well-made, attractive" bay horse with a narrow white blaze and a white sock on his left hind leg bred by his owner, Vera Hue-Williams (formerly Vera Lilley) at her Irish stud in County Kildare which she ran in partnership with her second husband Roger Hue-Williams.She had previously owned many top-class racehorses including Supreme Court when married to Tom Lilley.In the same year, the Hue-Williams stud bred a colt by Sir Ivor who was named Imperial Prince and raced in Roger's ownership.