THE KING’S HORSES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19138, 6 October 1936, Page 12

THE KING’S HORSES

MOVED TO PALACE PERSONNEL I'NOUN NO ED LONDON, A up. 21. All the King’s horses, or nearly all, are being moved from the Royal mews at Windsor to Buckingham Palace. Although the change will he regretted on sentimental grounds, it seems inevitable, Gone are the days when European monnvchs were, drawn in full pomp lrom Windsor Station to the castle, a distance of lint a few, hundred yards. PERSONNEL UNCHANGED In truth the new arrangement will have little effect, upon the personnel attached'to Windsor Castle. For 'Some years the famous Windsor greys have been the only horses kept at Windsor, and many of tlieir former custodians have been retired on pension. The mews at Buckingham Palace, where the horses from Windsor will now be kept, were built by George IV. Before then, the Royal Mews were in Trafalgar Square on the site of the National Gallery. It is in the Royal Mews that tlie State coach is kept, and they originally housed the cream Hanoverian horses which George IV always used for State occasions. GERMAN UNPOPULARITY \ After the wat, perhaps because oh the unpopularity of all things German, King George V temporarily substituted black horses for the creams —in 1921 and 1,922. The development of motor transport has had its effect on the Royal arrangements, and King Edward has decided it is not necessary to keep more animals than are needed for State occasions in the Royal Mews In London, with the exception of *a few ' for private ' riding. The Windsor greys were introduced by George V and nave been used on innumerable State occasions. They will be seen again next year when Mjjj Coronation procession takes place.