Prince William, who has returned to royal duties with new honours from his father King Charles, has seemingly received a green light from the monarch to get ready to take the

Shortly after U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an early parliamentary election for July 4, Buckingham Palace said that all members of the royal family were canceling most public engagements until after the vote to avoid doing anything that might divert attention from the campaign.

A tourist at Buckingham Palace experienced an unexpected twist while trying to take a picture with one of King Charles’ Guard’s horses. The scene was captured in a video that became an online hit, showing the woman sidling up to the horse and gently resting her hand on the animal for a photo.