Artemisia
Heir Presumptive, Royal Blogger
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Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: The Sultan of Oman's Royal Cavalry charge for the Queen
The Horse Show is going to be truly spectacular, what with the Cossacks, the Masai, the Huasos and now Oman's Royal Cavalry.If they weren’t wearing such colourful costumes, they would be a terrifying sight. Soldiers thunder across the Omani desert on horseback, hooves tearing up the dust as they bear down on our position. For a moment one has an idea of what it must have been like to face the full force of a cavalry charge in an era before tanks, machine guns and drones. And yet this particular cavalry aren’t brandishing so much as a penknife. The men ride barefoot in pairs, grinning broadly, their arms across each other’s shoulders, their horses’ tassels gleaming in the evening sunlight. The women, decked in glorious pinks and greens, are just as courageous. One, Zinab, even stands upright on the saddle, holding on to her galloping neighbour’s hand for scant support, as they tear past.