Royal fans across the globe were left swooning after the King's trusted official was spotted amongst the congregation at Westminster Abbey yesterday He was also spotted standing behind Harry and Meghan at the Platinum Jubilee celebration National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral last June. He greeted Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky during his trip to the UK back in February and escorted then-Prime Minister Liz Truss to meet the King at Buckingham Palace in October 2022. He was also seen in the procession when the Queen’s coffin was escorted from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall for the four days of lying in state. He was caught on camera calmly and coolly removing a pen tray which was cluttering the King’s desk, as Charles signed the Proclamation which named him as the new monarch. The officer became an object of royal watchers' affections last year after he was thrust front-and-centre at historic Royal events following the Queen's death. Maj Thompson is so handsome that some admirers even became a little territorial and warned others to keep their 'hands off'. When I was growing up in the 60s, there was plenty of TV coverage of national shows as well as international, by BBC and ITV.Maj Thompson (back) watches as Queen Camilla is crowned by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby during the coronation yesterday Though there are still plenty of characters, both human and equine, Rambo is right in that the horses are much more similar in type than used to be the case, and not many people have enough opportunities to see the horses and riders regularly. I've always thought that there might have been an internal problem before the fall because he swerved going into it, quite out of character John was with him in the stable that night. Ryan's Son died (from internal bleeding) following a fall at the 2nd fence in the Hickstead Derby in 1987. Paddy McMahon (European Champion in 1973 with Pennwood Forgemill got the rider but the partnership never really gelled. She was tremendously upset by the sale of Tigre in 1981 (he was owned by Donald Bannocks) two years before her untimely death. There is an excellent book about her by Malcolm Severs. Caroline was a great horsewoman and a tremendously hard worker.
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