Loaded with blanks?
You’ve got to be kidding - or seriously misguided.
The British were setting up BLANKS fired as a salute to fallen sailor .... and Michelle’s “handlers” wanted the ceremony aborted because they were worried about her 5 star hotel suite being shot! And you don’t care about the waste of money SHE spent playing in South Africa?
They were positioned in the standard rest position. They were not turned in the direction of the hotel.