The history behind the gun carriage that will carry Queen's coffin

On the day of Victoria’s funeral in 1901, her coffin was to be carried on the gun carriage through the streets of Windsor but in the bitter cold of that February day, the horses which were going to pull it panicked and reared up, threatening to topple the coffin off the carriage. Captain Prince Louis of Battenberg - the future First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy - intervened and suggested to the new monarch, Edward VII, that the senior service should step in. Once this was agreed, the horses were unharnessed and improvised ropes were attached to the gun carriage, which weighs 3,000kg (2.5 tonnes), and the team of sailors was brought in to ensure the coffin was carried safely for the rest of th ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #The, #history, #behind, #carriage, #that, #will, #carry, #Queen, #headlines #headlines, #nation, #uploadexpress, #queenfuneral, #guncarriage, #coffin, #royalfamily Copyrighted music by https://www.ntmediastudio.com/ We use background music from this channel    / @ntmediastudiomusicofficial6806