DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: The Salute Is To Mark The 61st Anniversary of The Queen's Accession To The Throne
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 7, 2013: In her immaculate ceremonial uniform this proud soldier was marking the 61st anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne.
But as the first of 41 shots were fired from six field guns in London’s Green Park her horse began to get skittish.
As more shots were fired at ten second intervals the horse from the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, got increasingly agitated.
Eventually it unceremoniously threw its mount from her saddle and reared on to its hind legs. The unfortunate soldier could easily have been crushed to death but seconds later she had wiped away her tears and was back in her saddle.
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