It’s been nearly one month since Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest on the grounds of Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace has released a new photograph of one of the funeral’s “break-out stars”, Emma the Fell pony.
Millions of people around the world watched the elaborate funeral take place. It was a striking display of pomp and circumstance mixed with the right degree of solemnity. One moment that struck many horsey and non-horsey people alike was the image of Emma, the Queen’s favourite pony, standing on the side of The Long Walk that procession followed to the service at St. George’s Chapel.
Held by her handler and the Queen’s groom, Terry Pendry, Emma stood, dignified, as the hearse carrying her former owner drove past, a Hermes scarf of Her Majesty draped across the saddle in tribute. And in a moment out of a Disney film, Emma raised her leg as though in salute to her fallen rider.