I just had to repost this video from The King’s Troop Royal Artillery, after a busy year these two happy horses were released at Manor Farm for a Well deserved break 😊 Look how excited they get when they feel the grass under their hooves after their time away in London. 😁🐎
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As Her Majesty’s Mounted Ceremonial Battery, the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery role includes the firing of Royal Salutes to mark the grand occasions of State, including The Queen’s Birthday Parade, Royal Birthdays & Births.
History timeline;
1793 - Formation of the Royal Horse Artillery at Goodwood in West Sussex
1946 - Formation of the Regiment as The Riding Troop. Carry out its first salute
1947 - The Riding Troop is renamed The King’s Troop after the inspection of King George VI.
1952 - The King’s Troop carry the coffin of King George VI from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster.
1997 - The King’s Troop carry the coffin of Diana, Princess of Wales
2017 - 70th Anniversary of the formation of The King’s Troop with a Royal Review in Hyde Park by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
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