Several military horses bolted during routine exercises near King Charles III’s main residence in London on Wednesday and ran loose through the centre of the city, injuring at least four people and colliding with vehicles during the morning rush hour.
Chaos erupted when about seven horses from the Household Cavalry became spooked by noise caused by nearby construction workers while the animals were taking exercise in Belgravia, a swanky neighbourhood just to the west of Buckingham Palace, British media reported.
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“There was a lot of blood,” she said. “I was a bit distressed to be honest, looking at the poor horse.”
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A taxi waiting near Buckingham Palace appeared to have a car window smashed by a spooked horse, while a parked double-decker tour bus had its windshield damaged.
“All of the horses have now been recovered and returned to camp,” an Army spokesperson said. “A number of personnel and horses have been injured and are receiving the appropriate medical attention.”
The London Ambulance Service said it treated four people across three separate incidents in the space of ten minutes after the horses ran amok around 8:30 a.m.
The horses are from the Household Cavalry, the ceremonial guard of the monarch and a regular feature of state functions in London.
Two of the horses were later contained in Limehouse, around six kilometres east of central London, City of London police said.