She Actually Tries To Hold His Sword! 

They are so professional against such morons.Its sad to see the disrespect.

And the fact that those are the people they are meant to and do risk their lives for makes it worse. In my opinion of course.

I these 'tourists' should be kept away from soldiers who are carrying out their duty.

I agree.

​​@@jenniferforde8203 I call that weak. They put themselve in a clown function, or a Mickey Mouse role. Where are their superiors to stop this madness?

If he felt under fret! He can shoot her

I agree. Imagine in China or Russia if you did this?

Me da vergüenza ver el comportamiento de todas esas personas tan irrespetuosas. Mis respetos por los Guardias del Rey y por todos y cada uno de sus Regimientos. Por las tradiciones, costumbres de tan hermoso País. Un saludo con respeto desde México.

@@adrianafuentes9917 Gracias.

Those swords are razor sharp, and the men are trained to a high degree.

Totally agree!

They Era I grew up in taught you to respect ppl the ppl in these videos must have soup for brains they don't care we see them as idiots they think they are cool....this world is going to find out real soon who has always been in control

I totally agree as well.

I cringe at how people are behaving. I don't see anyone hurrying up to the armed police standing about and taking pictures.

Even a non-royalist has respect. How unusual.

Soldiers of distinction no less.

True, I call it the Disney effect

I heard one woman at the end say, "Why is he standing there if he doesn't want his picture taken?" Ummm because he's a real guard on duty?

Keep them outside the fence like at b palace

Keep these morons away from the guards😊

There seems to be a misconception in the US that the guards at royal residences only have one function. The cavalryman filmed in this post is a member of the "Blues & Royals" as signified by the red plume. He will almost certainly have served in either or both of Iraq and Afghanistan. Only part of his role is ceremonial; his regiment is an armoured reconnaissance tank regiment.

Yes - and they're called "Public Duties". If he didn't want to do this he'd have joined some other part of the Army.

@@John-G No excuse for idiotic and childish behaviour by the few ignorant tourists.

​@@John-Gsurely they have to take turns?

@@spyro587 "Take turns"? At public duties? If someone doesn't want to do public duties they don't join a unit that does them - that's more than 90% of the Army! If they want to spend at least a third of their time doing public duties at Buckingham Palace, the Tower, and Windsor (the King's Guard, mainly done by the five Guards regiments) they join a Guards regiment. If they want to spend more time doing it and they want to be mounted for it they join the Household Cavalry, where if they only stay for four years that's all they'll do as the King's Life Guard (the duty at Horseguards) - one year in training and three years in the HCMR, as by the time they'd have finished with HCMR (mounted / ceremonial / public duties) and re-trained for HCR (armoured recce) it would be time to leave - they "take turns" between HCMR and HCR but only after a first tour with HCMR. If they want to spend all their time doing mounted / ceremonial / public duties they join King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery as that's all they do. The other 90% of the Army never do public duties, and on the very rare occasions a very few other units do, only a very few in the unit will do them. That's how the system works - it's up to you what you join and if you choose to join a unit that does public duties.

@@John-G oh ok.

Write away - that's what they're there for!

⁠@@John-G No! Stop spamming your stupid response. It’s exhausting trying to respond to all of your silly retorts. Not a single one of them is there to be harassed by ignorant, boneheaded people; however, they ARE there to do the job they definitely did sign up for: to stand guard. 🙄

As an American, I would gladly enter the fray with you. Can I send a message as well? Or would not help? If you think it might help, could you please provide the name and address/email or whatever contact information? I lived throughout Europe for 12 years, did a great deal of site seeing on my off time. Never did I act like these people do, nor did I allow my son to disrespect ANYBODY ANYWHERE ANYTIME !! I’m old now, but but I still cannot comprehend what these people are thinking. Or is it that they don’t think. Hummm……. I think that must be it, new generation can’t be bothered to think. ??!!

@@OldWomanfromtheMountains Maybe they thought enough to look at the video rather than the clickbait title for something that never happened.

Wish they'd at least put barriers at a good distance between the guards and the onlookers.

No wonder these people are said to be - & shows disrespect !! The soldiers dont know if they are tourists or terrorists !!! 👌 in fact they could easily disguise themselves as one !!! 🤔

Could it be that they are professional, highly trained soldiers?

Agreed Rangers!

I bet the banters great in the mess !!

@@jerrymclellan4711 no shit Sherlock 🙄🙄

Absolutely

To the chavs it's all one big joke .

right lol? This regiment have guarded there before cameras existed !

You couldn't make it up!

Doing his duty, standing guard.

I swear half the tourists think London is just an extension of Disney World

@@garethcamies9356 Precisely. The question displays utter ignorance. If it's not for our entertainment and to have photos taken (LIKE IN A THEME PARK!!) why is he there? They just think England and its traditions is a theme park.

They obviously can't think and breathe at the same time.

Perfect response.

And not trip over their knuckles

Totally agree 👍

They are troglodytes. They have to think to breathe and how to walk 🙄

They don't realise that Horse Guards Arch is the official entrance to Buckingham Palace.

And the crowd laughed when she was frightened away. NOT funny.😊

@Elizabeth Cave It's hilarious that she was frightened away. Stupid creature should have been arrested and deported. The King's Guards aren't toys.

How I would have liked to have seen blood dripping from her arm as she ran away. I would have photo shopped it and kept it for posterity.

Not just disrespectful but dont they realise they let themselves down by looking incredibly silly. I find it embarrassing to watch them.

The public yuk keep away from real soldiers

@@ivorlewis1739 yuk?

Wholeheartedly agree. At some point they will need to cordon off some of the sidewalk and pedestrians will have to figure out how to get around the King’s Guard area. In this day and age, tourists should not be allowed such close proximity to the guards. Especially as respect for their roles seems to be nonexistent.

Agree 1000 percent

@@tellingpool And, it makes policing the area that much more difficult. Too much vulnerability in the midst of all this asshattery.

Well ... the security guards in shopping centres are employed by the shopping centres for security - not to have their photo taken in ceremonial kit!

I heard someone say "why is he standing there if he doesn't want his picture taken " Stupid,selfish people.

for your amusement!

Obviously pretty stupid! He's there doing 'Public Duties' - for the public. The guard are actually the armed police - the scruffy types with weapons, capable of arresting people and an armed response. Edit: In case I wasn't clear, by "obviously pretty stupid" I meant THOSE HERE making this and similar comments who have no idea what they're talking about and who have no idea why he's standing in the middle of a public pavement - and it's NOT "because he's a GUARD" - if you knew what his job had been at Horse Guards in days gone by, a century or two ago, you'd know it was impossible for him to have done his job as "a GUARD" from there. But you don't, because you don't have a clue of what you're talking about. Not a clue.

It concerns me that there must have been some threat reported. They usually just check in with the Guards astride and go back in.

@@PS_testing321... If there was any "threat reported" that would have been the concern of the armed police, as that's their job and their responsibility. It's not the job or responsibility of the King's Lifeguard, which is only public duties - purely ceremonial.

Behave like that in other countries and you probably get locked up or beheaded.

what makes you think its the foreigners doing this as brits do it as well

The stupidity of standing behind the guard is unbelievable

​@@tonyp011 I have watched a lot of these videos and yes some Brits behave badly with the guards but I have to tell ypu mpst are from other countries. I would rather not say which though.

Thats the soldier who gives it out. Good on him

Yeah, you can't fix stupid.

Correct. And if the King's guard is there for security, they need to act like it, and treat these idiot tourists like the SECURITY THREAT they are. They never know when a real dangerous person could be posing as a tourist.

@@debrawhited3035 They're not "there for security" - the armed police are. The King's Guard (it's actually the King's LifeGuard at HorseGuards, the King's Guard are at Buckingham Palace) are there to do 'Public Duties' - ceremonial.

Absolutely! Pull some of this crap at our Tomb for the Unknown Soldier at Arlington, and our guards would have you face-down on the ground, eating concrete, with the barrel of a gun pressed against your head. They give you one or two warnings, and that's it. The way these people totally disrespect soldiers who are willing to put themselves in harm's way for their country, is unbelievable. Even if this isn't your country, and these aren't your service people, they still deserve respect.

Ignoramuses!!!!

That’s a stupid overreaction 😂😂😂

@@personalcheeses8073 Ah, here’s someone who takes every word literally.

Especially the people with Backpacks

Incident waiting to happen!

Totally agree

It's Public Property that's why.

So agree

Ummm ..... what they're doing is called 'Public Duties' - there's a reason for that!

... try to imagine just how pointless and tedious it would be for the troopers if there were no members of the public there, and they just stood or sat in an empty yard ...

They might be trained soldiers. But they are kept as a tourist attraction

I had a elementary school teacher say, years ago, to our class. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE PRIVILEGED CHARACTERS, have never forgotten this. Watching these videos describes so many of these people.

@@personalcheeses8073 No kept as GUARDS long before stupid tourists were allowed

Americans

@@margaretflounders8510 But they weren't "kept as GUARDS" in the middle of a public pavement, and their job as guards (small 'g') has been taken over by the police, MoD Police, and MPGS.

Well, in Victoria's time they were responsible for the security of the War Office, which was in HorseGuards - now it's not, and they're not! ... and actually it was Victoria who had the War Office moved ...

@Julija I know. I was surprised too since in most other countries it's common sense and you are not even allowed to approach ceremonial guards this way or it could be even dangerous. Evidently they allowed the public a lot there, instead, and these are the results.

​@@mariaangelo4225 We try to be civilised in UK and share our culture and traditions only to be rewarded by feckless, ignorant Americans

That IS their job. That's what they joined to do - if they only stay for four years, the minimum engagement, that's all they'll do, and even if they stay longer they'll alternate between HCR (armoured recce) and HCMR (public duties / ceremonial). It's their choice.

I felt embarrassed for her 😂sounds like she thinks the guards are actors for photo opportunities, What a tool.

@@emilyjohnson4993 I didn't, I wanted to slap her.

Not only serious, but spot on. If you don't want to do public duties and have your photo taken, you don't join the Household Cavalry. Any recruits joining H Cav now and since the turn of the century will do public duties / ceremonial for three years after their basic and equestrian training: for someone on a four year engagement (the minimum) that's all they'll do - nothing else. After that they'll alternate between HCR (armoured recce) and HCMR (public duties / ceremonial). Even Foot Guards spend less than a quarter of their time on public duties. If they didn't want to do this they'd join another unit.

@@emilyjohnson4993 No, not "actors", but soldiers for photo opportunities - that's their job. That's what they chose to do when they joined.

In the countries of origin of many of these idiots they would be if they tried the same stunts.

Agree THEY SHOULD NEVER BE THAT VULNERABLE.

That soldier standing there is an elite fighter and has seen active duty. Believe me, if there were a threat he'd react so fast, you wouldn't know what hit. They are not toy soldiers, nor are they for show. They are actually on guard! It's the public who is totally disrespectful, underestimating the skill of that soldier.

Right! One of the tourists said clearly: ‘What’s he DOING there?’ I share her incredulity.

They're highly trained soldiers. I think he can handle an idiot tourist if he has to

@@kenpowolf1987 that isn't the point. It is the chronic and unrelenting disrespect that people find offensive.

"most of the channels who upload this type of content" know nothing, absolutely nothing about the subject, but they monetise it by clickbaiting the title and editing the title pic to appeal to others who know equally little. Look at the title and pic here - the clickbait never happens. No-one tries to grab the trooper's sword. It's just rubbish to get the lowest common denominator jumping on the outrage bus for more clicks and more money. This isn't even "The King's Guard", fercrissake.

No they're not - complete nonsense. Ceremonial bayonets and kukris for public duties are all chromed, as are dirks, skean dhus and swords.

Moronic

I find the whole tourist thing disrespectful - the selfies with peace signs, the giggles. You’re right, Carole, they are morons.

They lack self respect and you can hardly expect the imbeciles to respect others. If they should or not is another matter.

The blades are as sharp as the knives they use in surgery. Tourists, what are you thinking?

Dosey pillock probably thought it was plastic like a disney sword, she'd have found it wasn't if she grabbed it and saw her fingers on the ground🙄😄

@@teresasarigan251 I'm glad you're not in the operating theatre - they're chromed.

They're chromed.

And that one movement would be dealt with by that highly trained elite soldier. Make no mistake, he's just seen active duty and is on guard, not a toy soldier, nor actor. Why don't you google just what is required to be given the privilege to do this job.

They could replace them with a waxwork simulacrum. Madness to expose a trained and valuable soldier to this zoo.

​@Barbara Cleverly coukc they? Never seen wax works drill March, ride , drive fast armoured vehicles

@@cbisme6414 Why don't you google it yourself? If you did, you'd learn that it's now a first tour for all Household Cavalry recruits and has been for quite a while, so those only doing a four year engagement will only ever do HCMR (ceremonial / public duties).

I just heard a woman ask why the soldier was standing there if he didn’t want his photograph taken!!! Heavens to Betsy! I think she was American. This ain’t no Disney world Ma’am. These are real working soldiers, who have the courage to want to protect this Country and deserve to be respected.

That would actually happen in some countries - and then they'd be kicked out via the first flight home!

I wonder if they would respect these guards if one day they were actually required to use their weapons

For trying to get the sword…definitely should be some strong consequences .

Good Idea but one problem... All the spaces are full of illegal immigrants.

Agree.

Because the prisons would be filled with all these clowns every day of the week.

That's their job! That's what they joined to do! If they didn't want to do it, they'd have joined a different unit.

In front, it's a public footpath. Inside it's MoD property, but a public right of way.

Blame the 264 years of tradition not the people in charge. And no one wants to hear you so do it in private. And don’t say “if in fact they are real soldiers” these people served in Afghanistan(Herrick IV, Herrick VII Herrick VIII, Herrick XI, Herrick XIII along with Herrick XVIII) and also saw action at Musa Qala) and Iraq(They were with the 16 Air Assault Brigade in the 2003 Invasion along with this squadrons A and C were sent to Iraq during Telic IV and Telic X) as armoured cavalry.

That's what they joined for - to be "ceremonial picture props". If they didn't want to do it, they'd have joined a different part of the Army - it was their choice.

@@John-G And soldiers

@@mrbritannia3833 Agreed 100%, but however you spin it they spend a great deal of their time as "ceremonial picture props" - way, way more than anyone else in the Army and for most more than they do in a conventional "soldiering" role. For someone joining now on a four year engagement that's all they'll ever do; for someone doing ten years (the average in H Cav) they'll do two mounted tours (HCMR) and one armoured recce (HCR). I'm not knocking them for that, they're as good doing armoured recce as anyone else doing it, but those who wail that "it's not fair ... that's not what they joined for ... they're not ceremonial picture props ... they're soldiers, not there to have their photo taken" etc, etc, I'm afraid the stark reality is that that IS what they're there for and what they joined for - it was their choice, and it's the Army's choice. The one dismounted trooper on the pavement could be moved inside, as happened at Pall Mall and Clarence House in 2014, but go much beyond that and it's increasingly hard to justify the HCMR.

Even so, to be treated so rudely is inexcusable. They must have someone of rank to set boundaries that get set up and respected! I’m certain they did NOT sign up for mistreatment.

No disrespect whatsoever, but actually at the moment most of them haven't - it's the first posting for those joining Household Cavalry and has been for a while, and those who only stay for four years (the minimum) will only serve in HCMR not HCR. Times change. That's not to detract from them as soldiers in any way, but it's simply reality.

This is free … you only pay for the museum …

You might be on to something. British tourism is certainly very important, maybe now more important than showing respect for the guards. If the government wanted it to stop, they'd quickly put a stop to it. And you won't see King Charles saying anything. As long as it doesn't affect him, he doesn't care.

@@keithrudd8003 It brings in tourists it’s not direct profit