I started laughing as I was reading your comment. I think we can all guess the very obvious outcome. One does not mess with Princess Anne, no definitely not.
Yours is the stupidest comment of the month. "Why aren't the police stopping boys with knives?" - Maybe you can figure out the reality of the situation if you think hard enough.
@@darkshadowsx5949 No they dont they have a right to be there, they are the Queens horses being trained, they are working horses... some pleb not trained wont let them through, thats a dangerous thing to do - security should be high!
They’re civilians, not soldiers in regulation riding uniforms, If he didn’t recognize them he was perfectly correct to hold them until they were identified
@@KevIn-qy7ps the seal on the saddle pads could easily be faked The reason they weren’t let through without authorization is because the old law that states that only members of the armed forces and the Royal Family can ride across there without special permission, is still in place They might have been riding Household Cavalry horses, but they’re civilians, not Royals or soldiers
@@bblake5116they said that in nazi Germany "just following orders" what's wrong with using common sense and thinking logically? Oh yes that right Hitler khan won't allow it! 🏴🏴🏴🏴
I've no brief for royalty or Kahn, who seems a decent bloke, but I must say these slimy, sideswiping smears are really too much to go unremarked. Just when you think the gutter is the lowest level the Tory right proves you wrong.
Anyone can fake a crest on a saddle pad! They’re civilians who are allowed to exercise the horses. The police was correct to hold them, they aren’t in uniform and he doesn’t recognize them Someone probably should have sent him instructions about them but forgot
You have no idea why he stopped them. So you have no right to criticise. Just because they had a royal crest on them doesn't give them automatic right to go wherever they want. What if beyond that barrier was a crime scene? would you expect the officer to stop them?
@@ApostleOfZeus199 as said before you could fake the crest, he's doing his job by questioning who they are, unless they have a pass or he's been informed they were coming then it's the right thing to do.
@@earnie6511 Ah yes, I'm sure those unarmed women on horses are going to rush the palace, which has an active military haha. People have noticed the two tier policing and lines are being drawn. It's good to be observant.
Royal horses van go anywhere cos theys ROYAL, they can even come through my garden if they want too I wont mind I'd even leave out carrots for the them, and what they leave for me I would put around my rose trees, I love horses I really do 👍💯🇬🇧❤️🏇🏇🏇
It’s cute that you love horses . But Royal horses are subject to laws like everyone else.And no, they can’t come through your garden without your permission. You have rights under Magna Carta -remember ?
My garden is 8acres the local hunt use it during the hunting season , and have recently been approached by British Eventing as they would like to use my garden and land for 3,day eventing. C'mon folks let the horses in it's a win win.👍😃
@@phoebebrown2883 yup. Precisely that. Guardsmen would be in dress uniform if on the way to the palace/palace grounds. They are merely handlers. So the police had every right to hold them at the gate. If they were in dress uniform I can guarantee that barricade would have been moved within seconds by the police or if not the Guardsmen in line order would have dismounted, their fellow to the left would have taken his reins and they would have moved the barrier themselves and moved forward.... I will say though, fair play. The police officer was only doing his duty though...
Shameful performance yet again. I'm sure they have a little giggle between themselves when back at to their club house about who's been the most blitheringly incompetent that day because its simply not possible to be that incompetent by mistake. (Is it?).
@@christopherwatts1833 no it doesn’t The riders would be recognized by the correct regulation riding clothes that they wear Those riders are not in formal uniform or in ‘Khaki Ride’, they’re civilians, wearing civilian riding clothes That means that they can’t ride across that area without special permission.
Indeed, The King's cypher, CR III (Charles Rex The Third) is brightly and prominently displayed on the sides of the saddle blankets. However, nevertheless, they are completely correct in complying with the Highway Code upon meeting Police officers performing traffic control. From what I can see it looks like they are coming along The Mall towards Admiralty Arch; and since we can see road works and traffic filtering, there is Plod on traffic control. Just typical London, in any normal day. The sheen on the horse's coats does seem to indicate that those horses want for nothing. Nice work, if you can get it!!!
Horse guards parade was being raked (the stones were being rolled and flattened ) by a machine. There was merely a slight delay while the raking was completed. And everyone remained polite and professional The kings guard can move about freely without hinderance and the police know not to stop the kings guard in carrying out its duties. The Lt. Col stood in blues was acting as liaison The mounted detachment continued into Horseguards and went onto rehearse bits and bobs for trooping the colour next month. If the policeman was preventing the guard exercising its functions they would simply have ignored him and ridden past. The barrier would have been opened and the officer would have been ignored and reported for stupidity. But that’s not what happened, when the parade square is being raked. Stones are kicked up and that’s dangerous for the horses. Hence the delay on entering The met are often hopeless woke tragic cases, but this is not one of those examples Sorry to spoil the vibe with a little base reality
Thank you for that explanation People are so quick to comment blaming the police for everything Can i ask are you or were you Household Cav you seem to know the how things work if so Thank you for your service
Thankyou for that informative intelligent explanation. As the riders did not seem to be upset, it makes sense that the Met cop was checking to make sure it was safe for the riders and horses to continue on their way.
They were civilian riders, not members of the Household Cavalry They’re wearing civilian riding clothes, the Household Cavalry wouldn’t be dressed like that! They wear regulation riding uniform.
@@bewildered75 Maybe horse grooms or stable hands but not civilians they have King Charles royal cypher on their saddle blankets (freeze at 2 44) If they are not Household Cav why would the officer become involved ?
The ridden horse has to be the best form of transport in the congested smoggy city centers across the world.. Down with technology and return to simple life.
Or he may be checking ahead that it was now clear for the horses to proceed - possibly to await the arrival of the reviewing officer. The lieutenant colonel didn't appear particularly perturbed.
I would like to see all the people in the comments spend a day being a police officer and then see how they feel. All officers follow rules and procedures and it doesn’t matter who is in front of them. Good on them for checking in fully first. These guys in the comments would be the first to have a go at the police if there was a terry attack.
Hmmm really, well my experience of police is they like to leave the mixed race stalker to carry on with his sick behaviour and tell me....the white woman.....to put up and shut up. Perhaps you need to get to west yorkshire and see what you think then cos women cant even get a taxi safe over there now and coppers do sod all bout it.
I think you need a reality check you mention they might be terrorist, well the met let them on the streets every Saturday, calling for Israel to be wiped off the map, but when a patriot walks along with the union flag they get locked up. They are a bunch of crooks
I was an was always briefed on my duties before leaving the police station. Are you really living in the real world. Were the horses in fact camouflaged as bombs? Terrorist Attack my arse. What a stupid statement. Go and say that at an airport,
Those are unmarked vehicles with plain clothed civilians riding atop. How on earth is the officer supposed to even suspect they have special royal privileges? He did the right thing. Frankly, am sick of their special treatment just because it's "tradition".
We don't know the reasons for this. Maybe the cops been told to keep the area closed off, maybe the riders went to the wrong gate and were asking permission to take a short cut, maybe the cop was told to check it was safe for the riders to enter before opening the gate. Don't be so quick to judge.
We absolutely do know the reason for this; declining standards in recruitment but which suit the mayor of London as he seeks to strip this country of its traditions and cultures.
@@typhoon2827 If you read @frazer3191 comment you will know the reason was House guards was being prepared for Trooping the colour and was full of machinery which would of been unsafe for the horses and the police officer was on his radio waiting for the all clear to allow the horses through.
@@typhoon2827 if you had taken time to read other comments you would know that Horseguards was being prepared for Trooping the colour and there was machinery in there and it would of been dangerous for the horses to enter so they held them until the police was given the all clear to allow them to go.
In Stuttgart, once there was a king (I think it was Wilhelm) who had his own vineyards. Shortly before the harvest, so-called "Wengertschützen" (vineyard guards) were appointed to prevent both birds and humans from stealing the royal fruit. One day, the king wanted to check the grapes in his vineyard himself. The vineyard guard refused him entry, saying, "These royal vineyards are guarded by me and I will refuse entry to anyone, even if it is the king himself". This impressed the king so much that he gave the vineyard guard a decent pay rise.
What the police officer was actually doing was talking to teams at the other end of Admiralty place to make sure the retractable bollards were down at both ends so the horses and riders could get through to Spring Gardens and into the stables.
@@SalemikTUBE He doesn't have the button to lower the bollards. I work near there and see them do this every week. The control is in a green cabin half way down Admiralty. The horses are trained to be on the road, as can be seen by the thousands of trooping exercises and events in that area.
There is also the factor that perhaps the police sniffer dogs were doing a security sweep of the Parade ground. And the officer needed an all-clear to let them proceed. The wait was not long and after a long trot from Knightsbridge (perhaps), they could do with a little breather. We can speculate as much as we want to. We were not there and privy to the conversations.
Why are people having a go at the officer for doing his job? He probably wasn't sure what the process was, double-checked with a supervisor and after receiving confirmation, let the horses through. You would all be having a go if officers let things happen without double-checking and things went wrong.
So impressive. Absolutely beautiful. I wished the USA had this kind of tradition, and pomp and circumstance, without the monarch of course. Washington DC needs more of this stuff for the tourists and less warmongers.
I have consider this carefully, and conclude the officer should be commended not critisized for doing his job. Monogram blankets is not proof of id. Because of security, the police should have been informed, and one of the lead riders should have had photographic id. Its an extremely dangerous world we live in, why take chances.
There is some merit in what you say about ID. But where the Royal Family and its traditions are concerned, not every member of the Royal households has the right to go anywhere they wish, so ID cards would and should not be acceptable. But better briefing of the 'CONSTABLE' not Police officer would have been better, then he could have checked on his clip board that they were allowed in at a certain time or else explain why the holdup. The appearance of the Lt. Colonel should have ironed out the matter. The police forget that many areas of London are in fact Crown Property where they have no jurisdiction unless authorised by the Royal Household Officer of the Day who would have received information before hand.
For the police who work down there routinely (and I know a few), the Household Cavalry is treated as a senior regiment to the Met & they don't get to boss them around unless they commit an actual crime, & even then I reckon they'd most likely call the military police to deal with it.
Oohh magnificent horses, an enjoying their walkabout... thanks for video... an I reckon no harm, extra check quick is better than problem later... why so much negativity regarding this...not necessary...humanity should be embracing more respect, tolerance, humility, understanding etc etc... doesn't look like any riders were freaking out... God Bless all, individually and collectively
Well that took longer than necessary, he clearly couldn't be arsed to move the barrier. I witnessed a police officer the other day struggling to get out of his patrol car, he must have weighed 20 stone,,,
Met have to follow procedures. If they were not told the horses would need access to the Park, then that's the fault of higher up and they need to check first, no matter who it is. The riders are military, but accompanying people who will clearly be riding in Trooping of the colour and need a bit of practice first. They're in civilan dress so they don't draw too much attention. I've seen this before when Princess Anne was riding through Kensington Palace Gardens a couple of days before the Coronation. I recognised the horses before the rider
"Sorry, you can't cross here till I get approval from my boss." "I beg your pardon ? Do you know who we are, you shabby little man ?" "Why, have you got amnesia ?"
Just has to look at the saddle pads to recognize the royal insignia. However there are protocols to be observed. At least police officer doing his job, if he was wrong his senior in van would have intervened. The guardsmen did attend to confirm as per protocol. Perhaps someone forgot an ID. It was also suggested he was holding the horses while the grounds raking in the background is completed preventing any debris from impacting the horses.
It’s the kings horses. All of the Mall and st James’s park are the kings private property. The crown allows the public access, you can tell because the roads are red. Green park and st James’s park were part of the original B’ham palace gardens. Horse guards was an entrance from Whitehall on to the estate. Wellington barracks were also in the estate.
To the whingers criticising the officer for doing his job dilligantly....its why its called security.....you cant be lax ... especially now adays where everything such as thise crests can be illegally obtained.....and if they were guardsman....they were in civilian clothes......terriosts come in all colors today...so good on the copper for doing his job at the security checkpoint....otherwise you might as well leave it open for anyone to ride in
The policeman wasn't rude or confrontational, which helped the horses stay so calm, and sought confirmation prior to opening the barriers. Yet loads of criticism below because???? And think what would have happened if he had just let them through and consequently caused an incident. Sounds like you should do something about these disgraceful actions and join the police yourselves, so you can show these policeman how it should be done.....Anyone????
To be fair, the police officer most likley was not advised correctly on the correct protocol here. Similar if the CEO of a large company turns up un-announced without the correct ID then expects to be let into the building. Even the royals are not above the law.
Last time I checked, the police serve the crown, that is incompetence at a new level, the commissioner needs to be having a one way conversation with that idiots boss.
