The four steeds chosen to lead the Queen’s coffin procession as it leaves Westminster Abbey were all gifted to her by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, embodying a decades-long bond between …
Monday’s funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will be fraught with symbolism — right down to the horses.
The Mountie-trained animals — George, Elizabeth, Darby and Sir John — are the latest in a long line of Canadian horses ridden by senior royals, including King Charles and Princess Anne, during Trooping the Color, the annual parade marking their mother’s official birthday. The Queen, who served as honorary commissioner of the Mounties, received her first horse from the service in 1969. Burmese, a seven-year-old black mare, soon become her favorite mount.
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