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Chaucer first used the rhyme royal stanza in his long poems Troilus and Criseyde and the Parlement of Foules, written in the later fourteenth century.He also used it for four of the Canterbury Tales: the Man of Law's Tale, the Prioress' Tale, the Clerk's Tale, and the Second Nun's Tale, and in a number of shorter lyrics.
When her father, King George VI, was unwell, she rode in his place on his chestnut horse Winston, and she rode Winston after George VI's death. [3] Later she rode a chestnut horse named Imperial. [3] For eighteen consecutive years, from 1969 to 1986, her horse was a black mare named Burmese, a gift from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. [3]
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has, between 1969 and 2023, presented seven police service horses from the Musical Ride unit to two of Canada's monarchs: six horses to Queen Elizabeth II and one to King Charles III. PSH Burmese was used by Elizabeth for Trooping the Colour between 1969 and 1986. Charles has done the same with PSH Noble since ...
Troopers in the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment assembled in the Parade Square at Hyde Park Barracks to take part in an annual event to find the best turned out soldier and horse.
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Diamond Jubilee State Coach The Diamond Jubilee State Coach conveyed King Charles III and Queen Camilla to their Coronation on 6 May 2023.. The Diamond Jubilee State Coach [1] (initially known as the State Coach Britannia) is an enclosed, six-horse-drawn carriage that was made to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday, but completion was delayed for nearly eight years. [2]
The new King, Edward VIII, took it as a bad omen. He abdicated within a year. – Women. Before Queen Victoria’s reign, etiquette dictated that aristocratic women should not attend funerals at all.
These horse-drawn coaches were made of wood and covered with gold leaf, a solid golden coach would be very expensive and so heavy that it would be a practical impossibility. Although a gilded coach with or without painted panels was a sign of high social and governmental status, the position of the occupants of the coach determines the number ...