Giant white horses carved into the grass of chalk hillsides, some dating back to the 18C
The poster child white horse of Wiltshire dates to the 18C
The original White Horse, a stylized Bronze Age figure carved into an Oxfordshire hillside
The second oldest white horse in Wiltshire is just a few miles from Avebury
One of the most visible and well-defined chalk horses, from 1812
A horse cut to celebrate the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838
The Royal Standard flag never flies at half-mast since the monarch is never dead. Whenever one king or queen dies, his or her successor immediately becomes the new monarch. "The king is dead, long live the king!"