Array
Monday’s funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will be fraught with symbolism — right down to the horses.
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 the horse-mad monarch and the commonwealth member’s famous Mounties.
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.
