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Why Was There A Goat At Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral..

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On the third day of the Queen’s funeral procession, a Shenkin goat wearing a strange uniform led Welsh soldiers to a Cardiff, Wales, ceremony.

Many users on the internet automatically associated the goat as symbolic of the Baphomet, a deity worshipped by the occult that resembles a goat.

However, many historians have said the goat is a mascot for the Royal Welsh regiment and is meant to bring “good luck.”

Vogue had these details to share:

Horses aren’t the only animal associated with Queen Elizabeth that are playing a role in the public mourning period and Charles’s ascension to the throne.

In Cardiff, Wales, the Royal Welsh regiment held a formal ceremony acknowledging the passing of the monarch and the appointment of a new one. Their official mascot, Shenkin the goat, took part in the proceedings.

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Mother Jones added these details about how the goat gained notoriety:

The royal goat tradition dates back to the Revolutionary War and the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775), when a wild goat purportedly led a group of Welsh soldiers from the battlefield. Yes, this irks the Bostonian in me. But we wound up securing our independence, the goat’s intervention notwithstanding. I can forgive the goat his indiscretion.

Now, the military goats are selected from a herd that lives in Llandudno, Wales, descended from a flock which was said to be a gift from the Shah of Persia to Queen Victoria. Goat selection is apparently an intensive process, requiring the devotion of a full-time Goat Major who trains the kid.

But the Goat is just the tip of the iceberg…

 

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