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The Queen’s coffin was carried from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey on a gun carriage towed by ropes and 98 sailors.
It is a tradition dating back more than 100 years, we take a look at why it's pulled with ropes and not horses. 🐴
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It is a tradition dating back more than 100 years, we take a look at why it's pulled with ropes and not horses. 🐴
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Every sovereign’s funeral since 1901 has seen the monarch’s remains pulled through the streets by members of their Royal Navy and the funeral for #QueenElizabethII today was no different.
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The reason the Queen’s coffin is not being pulled by horses is because of a near-mishap that occurred during Queen Victoria’s procession in 1901.
The horses which were due to pull Queen Victoria’s coffin spooked and reared, threatening to topple the coffin from the carriage.
The horses which were due to pull Queen Victoria’s coffin spooked and reared, threatening to topple the coffin from the carriage.
