RT @FinancialTimes: Why is the Queen's coffin carried by a gun-carriage pulled by sailors rather than horses?

Like many ceremonial precedents, it emerged from mishap and misadventure. @alexebarker looks back at the history of state funerals https://www.ft.com/content/c035dd5d-ebc7-4a03-8b8a-2f4a934f5937

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/MichalBoni/status/1571911177336426496