Horse spooks during coronation procession back to Buckingham Palace

A horse being ridden by a member of the Family Cavalry spooked Saturday morning because it was trotting within the coronation procession from Westminster Abbey again to Buckingham Palace. 

The horse, which was simply seconds behind the Gold State Coach carrying King Charles III and Queen Camilla, abruptly started careening backward alongside the route, crashing right into a barrier the place members of the general public had been having fun with the celebration.

Officers standing in entrance of the steel limitations needed to scuttle out of the best way to keep away from being trampled by the horse. 

The rider rapidly gained management of the animal after the incident and it didn’t seem anybody was significantly harm. 

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A horse spooked and crashed right into a barricade the place individuals had been watching the coronation procession Saturday afternoon. (Christopher Pledger/Pool by way of AP) (Christopher Pledger/Pool by way of AP)

A stretcher was introduced out however wasn’t used – though one guard was helped to her toes and gave the impression to be limping after the incident, Wales On-line reported. 

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King Charles and Queen Camilla had been simply seconds forward of the rogue horse on the coronation route again to Buckingham Palace.   (Rob Pinney/Pool Picture by way of AP)

The king and queen had been topped on the abbey Saturday morning. Capability crowds who had lined the route Charles took from the palace to the church – the place solely 2,000 visitors had been invited to witness the solemn non secular ceremony – remained to look at the newly crowned monarch on his means again within the afternoon. 

The king and queen had been taken again to Buckingham Palace within the Gold State Crown following the coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey.  (Lesley Martin/PA by way of AP)

The slight flap didn’t upset the day although. After the king and queen returned to the palace they appeared on the balcony with different members of the royal household to wave to the crowds and watch a army flyover. 

Charles turned king in September when his mom Queen Elizabeth II died at 96 years outdated. 

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