The Guard should be given a water pistol, a squirt at the rein offender should let them know to back off but I like the thought of the pointy end giving them a jab.

Not allowed to touch the horses period

Thank you for explaning.

Why do people have to touch the horse at all? The reins, its nose is mega sensitive. But they just have to touch it or rub it!!! I find this so annoying.

That Guard look absolutely board with these silly tourists.

Agree, this is getting ridiculous.

Absolutely.

Yes, for the love of the horse!!! I done like strangers putting their hands near my face. Why should the horse have to endure while he is on duty?

YES ...

WHY did the Guard ALLOW that man to hold the horse like that ????? WELL??? BOSSES; you have to give the Guards some leeway here. You have ignorant people manhandljng the horses, taking liberties hanging onto reins and bridles..and you are OK with this ????? The Guards have been reduced to being a bit- part in a tourist pet-a-pony. You stopped them shouting at people who take liberties..look at this video and you think all this OK????

Yeah, me too!

Some have & the guards don’t stop it Lol

We can only hope.

I’m always rooting for the horses. You go, Ormond and Arnie!

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No one should be allowed to touch the horses.

I am not British and do not live in London but this definitely out of control.It’s a petting zoo and Disneyland where people taking photos of themselves with Mickey Mouse.Disgusting.

This is truly dreadful behaviour by tourists they have to show some these videos to whoever is in charge to let them see what the holes and guards have to put up with, one of these days someone is going to really hurt one of the horses, then it will be too late!!

It free, so all kinds of folks coming, also the stupid ones

Como así les prohibieron gritar. Que tontería. Entonces deben ser muñecoS. Sencillo compren robots y ya

I know, they are ignorant to each other not just the guards these days!

What a selfish and stupid man. Taking the place in front of the father and his child, taking the reins to make sure the horse will stay where he wanted…. I wouldn’t leave him alone whatever animal. He won’t respect it.

It seems to be the way of the world- self entitlement!

Yes. Probably bullied people his whole life.

The guard failed to scream at him too… getting away with it just fuels the level of entitlement.

can't they put a picture sign "reins crossed out" if they can't say Dont Touch the Horses

@@patriciapirozzi9957 You could plaster the walls with pictures and/or words in every possible language and it still wouldn't make any difference to the people who believe the rules don't apply to them. Manners, respect and good old fashioned common sense is almost extinct.

Even as one who does not know much about horses, if the animal repeatedly notches one away, I consider it a message to keep a distance. Even if it allows it to someone else before and yes the person in the saddle decides at all times. Nobody is allowed to pose like cowbody. Adorable how some horses are so lenient with children, if only stupid adults would not push the kids next to the horse as near as possible, even if the little ones clearly don’t want to! I hate it so much how many people pawing the horses face. And for all tourists who do not seem to understand English, it might be necessary to print pictograms.

@@MarlynMeehanI am afraid you are right. Many had seen horses not in real life before.

They think the animal will act like a doggie. You have to be mindful every second. Just their sheer size means they can inflict great injury. Mine have broken skin or stomped my foot and never mean to. It's their size. And it's my fault for not being mindful.

I think it was out of the guard's view.

Maybe sign has to be in 10 languages 🙂

​@@rwl51probably😫 But on the other side, im german spoken and my English is really poor, but what "reins" means is like ABC and I think they just don't read it, they simply don't care if there's a sign to not to do anything, it's not their responsibility and it's vacatioooon...

patience? the guard was a complete coward lmao

This guard needs to find his voice

@ deborahturner7334 EXACTLY!

Animals aren’t unpredictable. I’m Aussie, rule of thumb is that if you don’t know anything about a particular animal (like how to read their behaviour), leave them alone. Animals speak with their body and many fools don’t think before going up to an animal

@@pepsicola7204 EXACTLY!

It's like we share the same mind 😀

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Brilliant idea! Could be problematic if the horse decides to act up, though.

I had better idea. If its possible to make them that way, where doesn't shock horse or guard. Electrify part of the reins. Not close to mouth are, but general area where they grab for the most. Wouldn't even have to go full reins length. Then have small button in part guard holds, that he can press to zap these idiots. I was thinking have extra shorter leather piece set up like that on both sides. I grew up on an 80 acre farm, mostly fruit and vegetable, but we had pigs, a milk cow and steer, and a pony and a horse. The electric fence was more for the steer and pigs. Cows are pretty docile usually anyways, ponies and horses,same. But pigs and steers, well, mind of their own. And pigs can be very stubborn. We also had chickens, ducks, geese, and pigeons. The pigeons had a coop on top of one of the other buildings. Chickens, ducks and geese, usually just went in the barn at night, and bad weather in winter. We had 2 ponds further back, mainly for irrigation, but spring and summer, the geese were put back there on them. They were also natural weed control for the vegetables and ground fruit like strawberries. We got out of the habit of putting them back there, as one year they ended up all getting killed by feral dogs. Not all at once, took 2-3 times. We tried keeping them by the barn, but they would stay put. Last chickens and ducks we had. Batman chickens, which are small breed. We had 30 of them, don't remember how many ducks. Anyways, one early spring, feral dogs got in the barn and killed all but one chicken. Think they may have got a duck. The 7 geese we had, they all survived. Thinking they was outside somewhere at the time. Plus not too many animals going to mess with a big goose. My mother had to shoot 2 of the feral dogs, as they were going to attack when she went to see what ,was going on. We had 2 outside, and 1 inside DOS that were going crazy at the time barking. So, what I'm getting at mostly, if we went to another country, we would be expected to follow their rules and laws, so they should as well. Not expect special treatment because their diplomats. Sorry for the long story.

So dangerous!

Him sticking his tongue out means he’s uncomfortable!!

Me too! I love his droopy tongue

He shouldn't have his tongue out. Something is wrong.

@cploeg3 not necessarily. He could be mouthy. I would expect alot of head throwing if there was a problem with the bit. Could possibly have tongue over bit, hard to know.

The horses are totally uncomfortable with the big fat bits in their mouth. I don't know why they torture them like that.

and yet the guard was to scared to do that to ANY of the grown men who grabbed the reigns. what a total coward lmao

Maybe instead of "Don't touch the reins", it should simply say "Paws OFF"!

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Perhaps they need a pictograph showing horse and rider, a hand and a big red cross!

The sign does in fact read “don’t touch the reins”..

the guard was to scared to do that to ANY of the grown men who grabbed the reigns. only little girls. what a total coward lmao

He must be asleep!

Ya got that right!

He would spend the whole day constantly winking twitching he would have no time to record anything. 😀

And if he winks and twitches too much the guards might think he fancies them or something lol 🤣@@Maggie_1957

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@@busk1976 😂😂

@@Lynsey516 😊

I agree. No English. And those that can speak/read English ignore the sign anyway. There should be an exclusion zone and no touching

I get exhausted just watching from home for a few minutes. The chatter, chatter and screeching from the crowd is unbearable, poor guards and poor horses.

They don't care😢

They have mobile phones with Google translate. No excuse.

I totally agree they shouldn't be allowed within at least 5 foot from them and they should shout out load at the rude ignorant people

Agree, they are so close, all of them, if the horse can nudge you you're too close. A semi circle on the pavement in red ( universal STOP )

@@mariaharrison7228that’s what I keep saying, from one side of the doorway to the other, a deep semicircle… that way if the horse walks out a little further, people can’t use that as an excuse… you can still get a pic…

A better idea would be to remove the horses and soldiers and leave the police in charge. Revenue from tourists isn't worth putting up with the tourists' bad behaviour.

That does not work inside, the people refuse or can’t read then use the I don’t understand ticket

It may be possible that many of the people don’t read English. Just a thought.

But they can’t read English!

There is such thing as Google translate and I translate on their phones!

@@susancrone1612 should have still sharply pulled back the reins though.

@mayloo2137 Sharply pulling back on the reins is only going to hurt the horses mouth. If they can't yell, the only only sequence of response I can see is, 1. Lift reins to get the horses full attention, bringing his head up. 2. Back horse up into gate. ......and if that fails, push the panic button to inform Gaurd Superior of continuing issue.

Jerk. It’s all about him😢

The horse touching needs to stop photos only.

Note the pinned comment.

I agree. They have pavement markings inside the gate, have a marked area around the archway, no one is permitted to walk or reach across.

@@radolfkalis4041 see Jill Davies’ pinned comment below. Markings inside the gate are in MOD territory and only enforced for inspections and other ceremonies, and when horses are walking from the stables to their sentry boxes. The present policy is to allow the public to pat the horses, but if ever there is a decision to discourage sightseers from approaching the mounted guards I believe that marking the limits with painted lines on the Whitehall pavement/sidewalk would be by far the most sensible way to go, not ropes, fences, or wrought iron railings.

No mobile phones then

@_Peremalfait , a roped off area is not possible , it's a public street and if the horse became unsettled and ran forward it would be dangerous for both horse and trooper .

Yeah but it's like flies congregating around something , you keep swatting them away but they all keep coming back

The horse is NOT there to entertain his kid!

They should put gates in frpnt of them so NOBODY can touch them..this is turned into a sideshow

@daphnethurlow5388 . They are on a public street in Whitehall not possible , there are also plenty of videos of horses being unsettled and running forward , if they were behind a gate or any sort of barrier it would be dangerous .

Only 1 hour on duty in the box .

@@kathellison8084 I do know that but the poor things have to do it day after day. I wish they would paint a wide circle around them with signs saying do not cross the line! People could still have their photo taken next to them just not so close.

We get told off for shouting, so I thought kicking her would convey the message 😂

this guard was a pure coward. acted tough when he kicked a little girl but was to afraid to say anything to grown men bullying his horse.

oh, shut up karen