Within the two years because the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, we’ve lined the occasions within the lifetime of her beloved Fell pony Emma. However now one other equine has obtained an award for its contribution to service and particularly its function within the Queen’s funeral procession.
Meet Yogi, registered title Lord Firebrand, a army working horse who spent his profession within the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery. The good-looking black gelding was the lead horse in the course of the funeral procession of the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Corridor.
For this and different duties together with state opening of Parliament, state visits, the Platinum Jubilee celebrations and Trooping the Color, Yogi has been awarded the PDSA Order of Benefit ‒ “the animals’ OBE” ‒ in recognition of his excellent devotion to society, together with his function within the late monarch’s mendacity in state and different royal occasions. Yogi went “past his common function and accountability by supporting his rider throughout high-pressure events,” Jan McLoughlin, PDSA director common advised the BBC.
Yogi retired in December 2023 and is the fifty fifth recipient of the medal.
The Individuals’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) was based in 1917 and is the UK’s veterinary charity, which supplies pet homeowners with funding to assist pay vet payments.