The Queen’s Platinum Anniversary Celebration kicked off with the iconic Trooping the Color event.
For more than 260 years, the event has marked the official birthday of the British Sovereign.
More than 1,400 parade soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians gathered in a grand display of military precision, horsepower and fanfare, and the streets of London were filled with crowds waving flags as the parade moved from Buckingham Palace and down The Mall to Horse Guard’s Parade, with members of the royal family on horseback and in carriages.
The exhibit closed with an RAF fly-by, seen by members of the royal family from the iconic Buckingham Palace balcony.
But this year’s event was apparently overshadowed by a very strange moment.
One of the hundreds of horses involved in the event was apparently left entirely on his own – and that includes no rider on top of that.
And that set social media in motion.
A user wrote: “Did anyone else see the horse without a rider on top right then ?!
“Where is the missing rider ?! Who caught the horse ?!”
Another wrote: “Horse has lost its rider and the commentators are just worried they have to recapture the horse!
“No comment at all about who got out of it or how he or she got out of it and whether they are OK ?!” F *** no idea! “
Another user tweeted: “I saw Trooping live on Sky News!
“Sooo fabulous – a horse trotting past without its rider.
“I love live theater!”
No reason was given for the strange place, although there were rumors that the rider had fallen off the horse – but this was not confirmed or discovered by anyone at the event on television.
Many others on social media tweeted that they hoped that if the rider had fallen, that they were okay, but the horse itself did not seem in distress or even caused a problem for anyone around it.
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