A tourist who was desperate for a photo with the Royal Guard fainted after being bitten on the arm by the restless horse.
Pictures taken in central London today show groups of tourists surrounding a Royal Guard and his horse outside the Household Cavalry Museum, desperate for a photographic souvenir.
The black horse seems annoyed by the crowd surrounding it, turning its head and biting people to warn them if they get too close.
Then a woman, wearing a black baseball cap and a Pink Floyd T-shirt, runs to stand next to the horse, just below a sign that reads: “Horses may kick or bite.”
The alarmed animal does not hesitate to bite her on the arm.
The tourist is wearing a black baseball cap and a Pink Floyd T-shirt as she poses with the Royal Guard and her horse. She is standing beneath a sign that reads: “Horses may kick or bite.”
The woman screams as the black horse bites her on the arm.
The unsuspecting tourist screams and runs towards her friends, while the crowd watches with their mouths agape.
The group inspects the wound and a man uses a cotton swab to treat the bite mark.
But his condition worsens and he appears to lose and regain consciousness before collapsing completely to the ground.
In a separate video, the woman is being fanned by her friends as she lies against the door.
In an unprecedented move, the King’s Guard is seen using his sword to signal to the cameraman before saying: “Can you go get the police officer?”
As officers tend to the injured woman, tourists continue to crowd around the Royal Guard and his horse, with some still trying to pet the restless animal.
Despite being on duty, the King’s Guard continue to have dangerous confrontations with members of the public.
There are clear signs around the area warning against horse kicks or bites, but tourists still eagerly approach, often at their own risk.
A group tends to the woman’s arm after she was bitten by the horse
After losing and regaining consciousness, he falls to the ground.
Last month, a tourist threw herself onto the pavement outside Buckingham Palace after she was apparently head-butted by a Royal Guard horse, although not everyone watching was convinced.
The video showed a curly-haired woman standing and smiling next to a black horse as she posed for photos before the horse pushed her.
The woman then dramatically fell to the pavement, landing face down as her bag flew away from her and the gathered crowd let out a worried “ooh.”
In May, a tourist was bitten by a Royal Guard horse after she touched the animal while posing for a photo.
The video, which went viral on social media with more than 855,000 views, shows the woman putting her hand on the horse’s neck as she poses for a photograph.
The horse then turned its head towards the woman before grabbing her sari.
In January this year, a tourist was posing for a photograph with the King’s Guard’s horse when it bit the arm of her black jacket and pulled her aggressively.
Last month, a horse gently pushed a woman who was apparently so shocked that she fell to the ground.
The woman was thrown to the pavement and landed face down as her handbag flew out from beneath her. Concerned onlookers rushed to her aid and helped her to her feet.
In one incident, when a woman went to pet the horse’s face, it bit her jacket sleeve. It refused to let go, tugging at the jacket and pulling it back and forth and up and down before finally letting go.
In another video, a man is seen touching the reins of one of the horses.
This caused the king’s guard to shout: ‘Don’t touch the reins!’
Although many consider them tourist attractions, the King’s Guard are made up of elite soldiers whose mission is to protect the life and property of the monarch.
The King’s Guard are generally not allowed to interact with the public, but may shout if they get too close or present their bayonets if they become aggressive.
Soldiers must not allow anything to distract them from their duties (bathroom breaks are prohibited during two-hour shifts) and will march past anyone who gets in their way.
