Flowers, flowers, flowers. Tributes will be removed from parks seven to 14 days after the queen’s funeral and taken to the Hyde Park nursery for processing. PREPARING THE HORSESLong before the queen passed away horses earmarked to take part in the proceedings were trained so they were fully ready for the occasion. “They’re trained how to handle weeping mourners as well as flowers and flags being thrown at the procession,” he told The Metro. Elizabeth, an even-tempered 17-year-old mare named after the Queen Mother, was a gift to the queen at her diamond jubilee in 2012.

Source: The Times September 18, 2022 23:29 UTC