Burmese was born at an RCMP ranch in Fort Walsh, Sask and was given to the Queen in 1969
Her aesthetic interests were not primarily in art or music or literature but in nature. She found her peace in horses, dogs, the countryside.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
Burmese, born in Saskatchewan and trained in Ottawa, might have even saved her life when an assassin opened fire in 1981 in London at Trooping the Colour. The horse certainly tried. Marcus Sarjeant, 17, a former Scout and Air Cadet who had tried and failed to work in policing and firefighting, and would later claim to have been seeking fame, had written a threatening letter to Buckingham Palace: “Your Majesty. Don’t go to the Trooping the Colour ceremony because there is an assassin set up to kill you, waiting just outside the palace.”Article content
Burmese reacted to the danger. She was not bothered by the shots. Rather, she saw the honour guard close in fast and tight to protect the Queen, facing her. She misunderstood it as a threat to her rider.