My visit to King Richard's Faire


The jousting was wonderful. The story unfolds here with a funeral procession for a slain princess. She had been killed earlier by a crossbow the contestants were wrestling over. (Always fun until someone gets killed. :)) So the king had ordered trial by combat to the death to determine the guilty party. Justice at its finest. :)


One of the knights involved in the trial. There were two "good" knights and two "evil" knights.


More knights followed by the Pope.


Some ring toss. The jousting events were amazing to watch.


More jousting.


The good knight stops by for some girls to put ribbons on his lance.


The combat begins in earnest.


The jousting turned to ground combat with the good knights the victors!


A squire, who helped the good knights win, asks to kiss the dead princess.


And, oh look, the princess came back to life when the squire kissed her. He leaves with the princess on his arm and all the women wanting him.


Here's a panorama of the funeral procession again.

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