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Get you up to speed: King ‘stunned’ as soldier dies in fall from horse at Royal Windsor Show
TRAGIC INCIDENT
King Charles expressed deep shock over the death of a soldier from the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, following a fall during the Royal Windsor Show.
King Charles expressed deep shock over the death of a soldier from the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, following a fall during the Royal Windsor Show.
POLICE APPEAL
Thames Valley Police, alongside the Ministry of Defence, is appealing for information regarding the unexplained death of the soldier at the Royal Windsor Show.
Thames Valley Police, alongside the Ministry of Defence, is appealing for information regarding the unexplained death of the soldier at the Royal Windsor Show.
TRAGIC INCIDENT
Thames Valley Police is collaborating with the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Accident Investigation Branch to investigate the unexplained death of the soldier at the Royal Windsor Show.
Thames Valley Police is collaborating with the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Accident Investigation Branch to investigate the unexplained death of the soldier at the Royal Windsor Show.
What we know so far
King Charles has expressed his shock following the death of a soldier at the Royal Windsor Show, stating he is “greatly shocked” by the incident. The soldier, part of the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, suffered a fatal fall after leaving the arena following a display.
Despite the immediate response from medical crews, the soldier later succumbed to serious injuries, as confirmed by police. A spokesperson from Buckingham Palace announced that the King will reach out to the soldier’s family to extend his condolences.
The palace clarified that while the royal family was present during the incident, they were not informed of its severity until later. Thames Valley Police are treating the death as unexplained but not suspicious, and are appealing for information from the public.
The show, which will continue through Sunday, has removed the King’s Troop display from its schedule out of respect. Chief Superintendent Michael Loebenberg mentioned that investigations are underway in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the tragic incident.
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King left ‘shocked’ after soldier dies falling from horse at Royal Windsor Show | News UK
King Charles has commented on the death of a soldier at the Royal Windsor Show, saying he is ‘greatly shocked’ by the incident.
A soldier who was part of the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery team, fell from a horse at around 7pm yesterday after having left the arena following a display.
Despite the efforts of the medical crews, the soldier died of their serious injuries, the police said.
King Charles will be in touch with the family of the soldier to share his condolences, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said.
The monarch was in the arena when the incident happened.
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The palace said in a statement: ‘While His Majesty and other Members of The Royal Family were present at the arena at the time the incident took place, they were not made aware of the severity of the situation until later.
‘The King was greatly shocked and saddened to have learned subsequently of the Troop member’s death, and will be in touch with the family to share his personal condolences.
‘The thoughts and most heartfelt sympathies of the whole Royal Family are with the victim’s loved ones and military colleagues at this time of grief.
The death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious, and Thames Valley Police has asked anyone with information or material to get in touch.
The horse, which fell, received medical attention and is uninjured, the Royal Windsor Horse Show said.
Royal Windsor Show, which runs until Sunday, continued today, although The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery display has been removed from the schedule.
Chief Superintendent Michael Loebenberg said: ‘We are appealing for anyone with information or material relating to the sad death of a military rider at Royal Windsor Horse Show yesterday to please get in touch.
‘Our thoughts are with the soldier’s family and the wider community in the military and at the Royal Windsor Horse Show at this extremely difficult time.
‘At this stage, we have not found any suspicious circumstances.
‘We are working with the Ministry of Defence, the Defence Accident Investigation Branch and Royal Windsor Horse Show organisers HPower to gather as much information as possible to understand how this happened.’
What is Royal Windsor Horse Show?
The royal event has been organised since 1943, when it was staged to raise funds for the Second World War effort.
Its first ever show was attended by King George VI, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and the two young princesses, future Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret.
Queen Elizabeth II was a horse enthusiast and she entered several of her horses in the show, which happens on the private grounds of Windsor Castle.
It features show jumping, dressage, driving and endurance.
The former Prince Andrew has also attended the event in the past, including in 2018 along with his mother, Queen Elizabeth.
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‘Cheer up, you caught the bad guy,’ says killer Virginia McCullough as she is arrested for murdering her parents
A woman who murdered her parents “in cold blood” before hiding them in makeshift tombs for four years told officers to “cheer up, you caught the bad guy” as she was arrested in her home.
Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, with prescription medication and fatally stabbed her mother Lois McCullough, 71, shortly afterwards in 2019.
She ran up large debts on credit cards in her parents’ names and after their deaths, she continued to spend their pensions until she was finally caught in 2023.
In body-worn video footage released by police, a handcuffed – and eerily calm – McCullough told officers: “I did know that this would kind of come eventually.
“It’s proper that I serve my punishment.”
She said she had slipped something into her father’s drink then put his body under a bed on the ground floor, and put her mother’s body in an upstairs wardrobe.
McCullough, having been arrested on suspicion of double murder, told an officer: “Cheer up, at least you’ve caught the bad guy.”
She added: “I know I don’t seem 100% evil.”
At the police station, she told officers where a kitchen knife was, which she described as a “murder weapon”, and a hammer which she said “will still have blood on it”.
McCullough, of Pump Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday with a minimum term of 36 years at Chelmsford Crown Court, after she admitted to their murders between 17 and 20 June 2019 at an earlier hearing at the same court.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard how she hid their bodies in makeshift tombs at the family home in Great Baddow in Essex, then told persistent lies to cover her tracks.
The court heard she cancelled family arrangements and frequently told doctors and relatives her parents were unwell, on holiday or away on lengthy trips.
But concerns over Mr and Mrs McCullough’s welfare were raised in September 2023 by a GP at their registered practice, and Essex County Council’s safeguarding team referred these to police.
The GP had not seen the couple for some time and said Mr McCullough had failed to collect medication and attend scheduled appointments. It was found McCullough had frequently cancelled appointments, using a range of excuses to explain her father’s absence.
Police said a missing persons investigation was initially launched and McCullough lied to officers, claiming her parents were travelling and would be returning in October.
It became a murder investigation, and when officers forced entry to the house in Pump Hill on September 15 2023, McCullough confessed that her parents’ bodies were in the house and that she had killed them.
Nicola Rice, a specialist prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “McCullough callously and viciously killed both of her parents before concealing their bodies in makeshift tombs within their home address.
“She spent the next four years manipulating and lying to family members, medical staff, financial institutions, and the police, spending her parents’ money and accruing large debts in their name.”
She added: “This was a truly disturbing case, which has left behind it a trail of devastation, and I can only hope that the sentence passed today will help those who loved and cared for Lois and John begin to heal.”
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The huge airstrike targeted Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood, and no prior warnings were given by the Israeli military. The largely residential area was struck last month.
At least one violent explosion was heard across the city, Reuters witnesses said, and plumes of smoke could be seen. Scenes of massive destruction at the site were shared online, including a massive crater in the ground.
“Beirut, the capital, woke up to a horrific massacre, as the Israeli enemy’s air force completely destroyed an eight-story residential building with five missiles on Al-Mamoun Street in Basta,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
The health ministry put the initial death toll at four, with 23 wounded. The number is expected to climb in the coming hours as search and rescue efforts continue.
It came after a long day of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, which have been non-stop since last week.
The cross-border fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group escalated into a full-blown war in mid-September.
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