It was Queen Victoria with her Equerries.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood
As he approached, the crowd divided to make way for three or four handsome travelling-carriages, preceded by linkmen and liveried out-riders and followed by a dozen mounted Equerries.
"The Valley of Decision"
Edith Wharton
Ferdinand looking on kind but uncomfortable; Isabella unaffectedly touched and weeping; the Admiral, in spite of his scarlet cloak and golden collar and jewelled sword, in spite of Equerries, squires, pages and attendants, sobbing on his knees like a child or an old man-these were the scenes and kindly emotions of this historic moment.
"Christopher Columbus, Volume 7 And The New World Of His Discovery, A Narrative"
Filson Young