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The escaped horses that have run loose in central London are from the regiment that singer James Blunt served in.
The animals were spooked during their daily morning exercise on Horse Guards Parade, in Whitehall, at around 8.40am.
Four people were hospitalised. It is understood that three of them are soldiers who have not sustained life-threatening injuries.
The horses are from the Life Guards, one of two regiments of the Army's Household Cavalry.
Blunt served in the regiment in the 1990s after training at Sandhurst military academy and went on to see active service in Kosovo.
Both Prince Harry and Prince William were soldiers in the Household Cavalry's other regiment, the Blues and Royals.
Prince Harry was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the regiment in 2006 before being joined by Prince William later that year.
The escaped horses that have run loose in central London are from the regiment that singer James Blunt served in. Above: Blunt serving in Kosovo in 1999
The animals were spooked during their daily morning exercise on Horse Guards Parade, in Whitehall, at around 8.40am. Five people, including a soldier who was riding one of the horses, were injured
You're Beautiful singer Blunt, 50, served in the Armed Forces for six years.
As a Household Cavalry Life Guard, he stood sentry as the Queen Mother's body lay in state and rode as the Queen's Sovereign Escort on ceremonial escort.
He was also one of the first peacekeepers to enter Pristina, Kosovo's capital, where he encountered chilling evidence of ethnic cleansing.
This experience inspired his song No Bravery.
Speaking of his time in Kosovo in 2021, he told of a tense encounter with Russian forces.
He said: 'I was the lead officer of 30,000 NATO troops.
'We got to an airport where the Russians were there already. I was given
