This is the moment an armed police officer tells a group of tourists to stop ‘ridiculous’ a Royal Guard.
Footage posted on TikTok shows the tourists, believed to be Americans, shouting and laughing at the guard in central London as they appear to try to get him to engage with them.
The tourists have their phones out to film the uniformed guard and catch each other laughing before they start screaming when they think they’ve guessed the name.
An officer then enters to discuss the matter with the guard before warning the group to stop.
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An officer enters to discuss the matter with the guard before warning the group to stop
Footage posted on TikTok shows the tourists, believed to be Americans, shouting and laughing at the guard in central London as they appear to try to get him to engage with them
“These soldiers serve their country, they take their jobs seriously, they are responsible for protecting this facility, they are not subject to ridicule,” he tells the tourists.
‘I appreciate you having fun, he’s not having fun, he’s had a long day, he’s got a lot of hours to do. It’s tiring, exhausting, and you’re taking the f*** out of him.
‘We don’t appreciate that. I will ask you to leave the facility.’
Viewers of the video were quick to praise the police officer with one writing: ‘Officer handled this like a champ.’
Another added: ‘Well done to that police officer.’
It comes after a tourist was slapped by a King’s Guard after venturing too close to his horse last year.
In the video, people can be seen shouting around a mounted guard at the Horse Guards parade.
Several nervous tourists are seen approaching the mounted couple, respecting their distance and posing for smiling photographs.
Some are seen placing their hands on the enormous horse’s flanks, which the mounted guard graciously permits.
However, one tourist overstepped the bounds and, in the process of trying to touch the horse, fiddled with the reins, causing the King’s Guard to roar: ‘Don’t touch the reins!’
A tourist crossed the line and in the process of trying to touch the horse fiddled with the reins
This caused the King’s Guard to roar, ‘Don’t touch the reins!’
Clearly in a state of shock, the tourist backs away from the horse, holding out a hand in apology as he does so, while the audience chatter nervously.
And just a few months earlier, a video was shared online of a blonde woman standing in the way of the guard at Horse Guards Parade before he ‘pushes’ her out of the way.
The woman, holding a blue can of Pringles, was seen standing very close to one of the mounted guards, while other onlookers gave the guards more space by standing further away.
Despite the king’s foot guard asking the woman to step back as he first passed her to salute his fellow guards, she stepped even closer to the mounted guard’s agitated horse.
And when the same guard later walked back toward the gates, the woman moved right into his path. He yelled ‘give way’ and used his arm to move the woman out of his way, infuriating her.
But despite videos often showing the Kings’ Guard upholding their duties, there have been moments when they break protocol to make someone’s day.
An elderly military veteran was treated on the kinder side by a member of the King’s Lifeguard last July when the soldier moved closer to her as she posed for a picture with her husband.
A video posted on social media shows the pair – who both proudly displayed their medals – getting as close to the mounted soldier as they dare.
But after realizing that they have both served their country, the soldier, who is wearing his usual helmet and armor, quickly urges his horse closer to them before allowing the woman to pet his horse’s nose.
In a separate incident, a blonde woman was seen standing in the way of a guard at Horse Guards Parade
He yelled ‘give way’ and used his arm to move the woman out of his way, infuriating her
An elderly military veteran was treated on the kinder side by a member of the King’s Life Guard as the soldier moved closer to her and let the woman pet his horse’s nose
Beaming, the pair then move away and the soldier leads his horse back into place.
In another act of kindness in the same month, a member of the King’s Guard won praise after going out of his way to make a young man with Down syndrome feel comfortable.
A video of Mike van Erp, 50, better known by his YouTube moniker CyclingMikey, and the youngster posing for a picture at Buckingham Palace has caused a stir after being shared on YouTube.
Footage shows how a kind-hearted member of the guard moved closer to Mike and the boy, who were trying to get a picture to remember their trip to the Horse Guards Parade.
Taking to Twitter to post about their day out, Mike, who is a professional carer, explained: ‘I’ve worked for his family and him for a decade now.
‘We were out for a bike ride on my tandem bike and stopped at Horse Guards Parade.’
He admitted that ‘both me and the young lad’ got a bit of a scare ‘when he stepped closer to us’ because it was so unexpected, adding: ‘This left me teary eyed for a couple of evenings. ‘
A member of the King’s Guard won praise after going out of his way to make a young man with Down syndrome feel comfortable after moving closer to him as he posed for a picture
After Twitter users initially thought Mike was the boy’s father, he clarified: ‘I’m not his father either, although I’d be proud to be.’
“I am very grateful to the soldier,” he continued. ‘I’m lucky I had good parents and went to a Jesuit school that cared about me and taught me well, the same for the young lad I’m with. Tears in my eyes.’
The King’s Guards are stationed on public duty outside Buckingham and St James’s Palaces and at the Horse Guards at Whitehall.
Although their role is mostly ceremonial, they are part of the Household Division of the British Army and patrol the palaces and guard the sovereign at night.
A sign next to the guard warns spectators that horses may kick or bite and tells them not to touch the reins.
Should these rules be violated, they have been known to react aggressively, so seriously do they take their duties, but there are occasions when the human sides of the guards come out.
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