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Buckingham Palace said King Charles III was "shocked and saddened" to find retired a British worker died aft a autumn astatine a equine show nan royal was attending this week.
The worker died during a show of nan King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery astatine nan Royal Windsor Horse Show connected Friday evening.
The unidentified worker fell aft leaving nan arena pursuing nan display, and contempt being treated, their injuries were serious, and they died astatine nan scene, nan Thames Valley Police said successful a release.
The constabulary said nan equine show would proceed arsenic planned connected Saturday but without different show of nan King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery.
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King Charles III stands arsenic members of nan King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery execute a Royal salute successful nan Castle arena during nan Royal Windsor Horse Show connected Friday. (Andrew Matthews/PA Images)
Charles attended nan equine show, which is connected nan grounds of Windsor Castle, on pinch his younger relative Prince Edward, nan Duke of Edinburgh, and his woman Sophie, nan Duchess of Edinburgh, their girl Lady Louise, who was moving astatine nan show, and nan king's sister Princess Anne.
Following nan soldier's death, nan king met pinch members of nan King’s Troop astatine nan equine show aft returning connected Saturday.
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King Charles III greets young riders during nan Royal Windsor Horse Show connected Saturday. (Aaron Chown/PA Images)
"While His Majesty and different members of nan royal family were coming astatine nan arena astatine nan clip nan incident took place, they were not made alert of nan severity of nan business until later," a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said, according to nan London Times.
The spokesperson added, "The King was greatly shocked and saddened to person learned subsequently of nan unit member’s decease and will beryllium successful touch pinch nan family to stock his individual condolences. The thoughts and astir heartfelt sympathies of nan full royal family are pinch nan victim’s loved ones and subject colleagues astatine this clip of grief."
Buckingham Palace did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s after-hours petition for comment.
King Charles III greets well-wishers during nan Royal Windsor Horse Show successful Windsor, Berkshire, connected Saturday. (Aaron Chown/PA Images)
The yearly equine show is nan only clip nan backstage grounds of Windsor Castle are unfastened to nan public.
On Saturday morning, nan constabulary appealed to nan nationalist for immoderate accusation astir nan "unexplained but non-suspicious death" of nan soldier.
Participants return portion successful nan Coaching Marathon arsenic they locomotion up nan Long Walk during nan Royal Windsor Horse Show connected Friday. (Andrew Matthews/PA Images)
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"At this stage, we person not recovered immoderate suspicious circumstances," constabulary said successful a station connected Facebook. "We are moving pinch nan British Army, Ministry of Defence, nan Defence Accident Investigation Branch and Royal Windsor Horse Show organisers HPower to stitchery arsenic overmuch accusation arsenic imaginable to understand really this happened."
