Utter madness. IQ of the nation.

GrannyGravy13

MaizieD

GrannyGravy13

A useless piece of information, many of the mounted regiment have no prior horse experience. They apply and if accepted have an intense training course. Lots of falls, injuries and sometimes broken bones (the humans not the horses)

They do a very good job with them! Not a horse put a foot wrong yesterday and we both know that's equally due to the rider's skill as well as the horse's training

(though I'm not sure I'd fancy their chances in a cavalry charge...)

DD was messaging me reminding how difficult it is to keep a horse in collected walk for long distances.

My reply was yes I know I spent hours on your flipping horses practicing just that, whilst you had the fun stuff ???

Oh yes, I remember that well. I'm in awe of how well all the horses and their riders did yesterday.

Sue Donim, you are right. I Googled the Eleanor crosses.

I still find the OP interesting, and I think I now remember what it reminds me of. If someone wanted the Coffin to be shown all around England then that's like a display of a religious relic.

A great monarch such as Elizabeth II is felt as a sacred personage, and that religious feeling is what underlies all the ceremony and ritual. Same with Diana on a smaller scale.In death Diana became sacred.

several of the horses did put feet wrong. A number of riders were struggling with fractious horses on that long collected walk to St Georges chapel and I think I saw one pull out of rank. but within the rank, so that the column stayed OK, he pulled in front of the adjoining horse and seemed to be turned and returned to rank by his rider.

They are animals, after all, not robots.

Oh, yes, I am not criticising at all. But someone said they didn't put a foot wrong - and several of them did.

M0nica

Oh, yes, I am not criticising at all. But someone said they didn't put a foot wrong - and several of them did.

It was me and I didn't see that incident. But then, I didn't watch every moment of that very long walk, I nipped out to do other things from time to time.

I'm very sad that in all the reports I read no-one seems to have noticed the gun dog across the way from Emma. Corgis get lots of mentions but not that dog.☹️

A rather snide remark maizie. I just happened to be watching at that point.