Mounted, Guardsmen from the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, accompany the now empty Gun carriage which bore Baroness Thatcher’s coffin to St Paul's Cathedral

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The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery is a ceremonial unit of the British Army, quartered at Woolwich. It is a mounted unit and all of its soldiers are trained to care for and drive teams of six horses pulling each of six First World War-era 13-pounder field guns used today to fire salutes on state occasions. Its duties include the firing of royal salutes on royal anniversaries and state occasions, and providing a gun carriage and team of black horses for state and military funerals. The unit is most often seen providing gun salutes on state occasions in Hyde Park, and Green Park.

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Location: Fleet Street, London, UK
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
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