The Archbishop of Canterbury said he has been “struck” by the King’s sense of duty in the face of his cancer diagnosis, as he described the Coronation as the “privilege of a lifetime”.
By the time the Great War came to an end in 1918, some 2.5million men had been forced by law to serve, and 800,000 lost their lives in the fighting. Above: Men enlisting in January 1916.
Taken too soon A British-born rider and coach who “shaped Swiss equestrian sport like no other Amazon and was considered a global icon” has died at the age of 59. Lesley McNaught, described as a “true legend of showjumping”, won six Olympic, world and European medals. She went on to become a top coach, training […]
More than 150 horses from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery are enjoying their Christmas holidays in Leicestershire. Juno and Apollo, the Household Cavalry drum horses, were the first to arrive at the Defence Animal Training Regiment (DATR) in Melton Mowbray, but their equine colleagues from the two regiments were […]