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Horses loose in London latest: Blood on road and smashed vehicles after horses tear through city - BBC News Horses loose in London latest: Blood on road and smashed vehicles after horses tear through city - BBC News
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Here's Inspector Hilbery's statement in full: Sean Coughlan
“This was a dynamic incident and the courageous actions taken by police officers from our Roads Policing team prevented further harm and distress to the horses and members of the public. BBC News royal correspondent
"Police Constables Lucy Hawes and Daniel McKeown risked their own safety to provide first aid to the injured and anxious horses. They kept the horses calm while waiting for a horse box and veterinary team to arrive. The Household Cavalry, jangling up the Mall, are an
“PCs Brett Daniels and Chris Wilson took over management of traffic control on the busy arterial road enabling PCs Rob Bray and Shaun Gurney on motorbikes to create a clear path for the horses to be safely led into the horse box and escorted back to the Army barracks for urgent medical care. important part of the King’s official birthday parade.
“Our thoughts are with those people and horses injured in the incident.” It’s a big, tourist-friendly event in June, with its annual
Trooping the Colour ceremony.
And if these runaway horses were getting ready for that
parade, then they would have been preparing for an event that must really test
their temperament.
Pressing in along the route will be crowds, cameras and all
the commotion of a summer’s day out.
Last year, in his first parade as monarch, King Charles was
on a horse that certainly got lively with all the pressure. It was variously
described as “frisky”, “spicy” and “unruly” by commentators.
And going back to the preparations ahead of the late Queen’s
Platinum Jubilee in 2022, when the media encampment was being set up, a soldier was thrown from his horse outside Buckingham Palace. An embarrassingly
public place, but these things happen.
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