The fact is, childrens have more respect for the Royal Guard than the adults do.

Tourists mess with them because of the hat. They don’t take them seriously. Which is sad

I love that that they have no patience for stupidity and if you're in their way they just barge right through you

“I feel so sorry for him... let’s watch it again!”

Tourists think it's like seeing the Disney characters at Disney world. They're soldiers of the British Army, not actors in suites.

8:05 that dude is TOCHING A GUARD, that should be an instant knockout in my opinion!

"That's the US Military right there they got this stock footage" Haha

I always thought the hats were silly as well, but now I know they're there to piss off the French, I love them.

Luke:“Oh i feel sorry for him.” Also Luke:”Let's watch it again.”

I know we were told when standing at attention for long periods do NOT lock your knees, or you WILL face plant

The British will forever taunt the French about the Battle of Waterloo

Anyone who would disrespect these soldiers on duty is a twat! These soldiers are not only ready to die for the queen - but the whole country and everyone in it! Much love and respect to our armed forces!!!

That's so British, "falling to attention" I'm from London. I've seen these lads many times. Nobody comes to your work and messes with you like that, why would you do that to them? It is disrespectful.

I seen a three part documentary on the royal guard and they actually are pretty bad ass; they do combat deployments and do plan clothed close protection details and they have a band and they all go through massive amounts of combat training. They are a legit combat unit.

A mate of mine recently became one of the Royal guards. He was the biggest joker when we were teenagers so seeing him in his beefeater stood with a massive rifle is something I can’t ever get used to seeing

10:31 The hats are not vegan though, it was proposed and experimented with so far as I know. They are made from Canadian black bears, because they have to cull them yearly anyway, so 100 skins are sent to the Royal Guard to use each year. They can simply not make one that doesn't get to heavy in rain. As a spokesman said in 2020: "We have examined various alternative materials in the past, but none has come remotely close to matching the natural properties of bear fur in terms of shape, weight and its ability to repel moisture in wet conditions." I only know this because the Danish Royal Guard also use Canadian black bear surplus skin, and the Tivoli Guard also use them. Though would add each cap do have a lifespan of 20 years, so they are only replacing them at a slow rate to mach that. And again the bears need to be shot anyway so why not use the skin.

The reason for the hat's, is to protect their heads, when get shot at, the gun man will aim at the heads, the Royal Grenadier Guards hat's will confuse where the head is. So it helps at times, hope this helps. Also, it's a regiment in the British Army if anyone did not know.

If I ever have the chance to make it to Britain, I’ll make sure that we show them the proper respect that they deserve.

So I actually went to the UK in 2017 on leave off deployment, and I considered it. Then I considered the fact I'd be pissed if someone came up on the quarterdeck and was messing with me on watch.

What so many people don't get is, the royal guards are still soldiers, that went trough hard training, and will sometimes be deployed.

"Common sense is not common anymore " TRUEEEEE😂

As a royal marine cadet I know how embarrassing it is to mess up on parade. Let alone doing it wearing a 1.5 foot hat being watched and filmed by hundreds of people

I agree with how annoying the disrespect is. It's sadly gotten so bad that some years ago most of the guard positions have been fenced off just to stop the bullshit.

“I feel so sorry for him” instantly after saying that “let’s watch that again”🤣

GET BACK! FROM THE QUEENS GUARD!

I served 24 years in the US military, and without a doubt, standing at attention for hours is just absolute torture.

The Bearskin is ceremonial in the same way as HMS Victory firing a broadside at special events. HMS Victory represents Nelson and the Royal Navies victory at Trafalgar and supremacy at sea over the French and her allies. We broke the best unit of heavy infantry in the world at that time, using clever deployment and a modern ambush by Grenadiers. We did take the Bearskin (off the imperial French) and it's a fine trophy.

If you think the hats are silly you should look at the Swiss Guard uniform 😂 but serious huge respect for these soldiers they do a hard job

The chain link "chin strap" or "nose strap" is actually an old defensive measure to prevent cavalry sabre's from cutting the face if the soldiers were facing a head on cavalry charge, not to prevent the hat from breaking their neck. This is the reason why it's so thick and not under the chin.

Those parade boots are such a liability if there was a security risk!

10:02 Luke is a Royal Guard confirmed.

Although not assassins they are elite soldiers, I have a mad level of respect for them.

7:02 If you check the full video, they actually asked him permission to kiss him and he nodded his head. :)

My grandfather (who sadly comitted suicide before my brothers or me got to meet him) was in the Danish Royal guard. I think they are pretty cool. :)

Ya if I ever saw someone doing that after the guard was done yelling at them I might give them a ear full and although I went the route of USN I can be just as loud as a USMC DI when I want to be. This kind of situation where someone is showing this level of disrespect will defiantly do it

Was able to visit the British Isles in 2014. Absolutely beautiful! But man are people so rude and oblivious when “interacting” with the Royal Guards

actually a common misconception is that the guards are ceremonial they regularly go on combat tours

You can only truly understand how painful and embarrassing slipping and falling is once you’ve done it...and then watching it happen to someone else becomes 10x funnier

The height requirement for the royal guard wasn't the only place it was applied to years and years ago. To become a policeman in the UK back in the day you also had to be at least 6ft tall.

While it doesn't work on everyone, there is some practical, tactical application for those funky helmets. Thanks to a combination of the weird strap placement, the obscuring of the wearer's eyes, and the disproportionate height of the helmet, from a distance it can be hard to tell where all of the head is, and someone going for a headshot might just hit empty hat fluff. Breaking up the standard human silhouette can be a good tactic to reduce the risk of shots to vital areas.

Don’t lock your knees when at attention for long periods.

When I was in the presidential color guard for the marines at 8th n I, you had full authority to hockey check people out of your way.

Fact Check: They tried synthetic fur for the bearskins and then went back to real fur as the synthetic didn't perform in the rain (e.g. it absorbed water and went flat). Confirmed in a video last month with an army tailor. Search 'How to make bearskins worn by guardsmen' via @FieldSports Channel

Much respect for All honor guardsmen... I was a grunt, My marching wasnt that great and i liked being dirty, but i respect the dedication and disclipline... also i am only 5.5" lol not recruiting poster material.

"Common sense is not common anymore" such an understatement my dude 🤣🤣

When we guarded the Swedish royal palace we had 10 or 15 live round ammunition in the magazine and drunks would wander onto the premises by mistake it could pretty easily have escalated

Pretty sure that bearskins are not made of synthetic fur, also pretty sure the minimum height requirement is below 5'10".

The people that are so disrespectful have one thing in common, they have never served.

I feel bad for the officer that slipped at 11:45, it is one thing when enlisted slip, but it is another when officers slip.

I used to wear a pair of studded heel cowboy boots and let me tell yall if you step on tile or concrete and you aren't paying attention you will fall

6:58 poor guy knows he's not getting a raise after this

You should watch the documentary "Guarding the Queen". It's in 3 or 4 parts about 1hr each. It goes in more depth behind the scenes.

I love that you've grown your channel so much! I've been watching since you had about 2k! Keep it going bro!

“i feel so sorry for him ☹️” “let’s watch it again 😏”

I think a lot of the tourists think it's some Disney stuff going on and don't realise they are legit soldiers.

I have the utmost respect for those people guard men @ Woman, those whom are Severing in the Arm forces. No matter where you go you should show respect .

Guy in my Infantry training battalion graduation full-on face planted and broke his jaw and had to have it wired shut for 2 months. I nearly passed out during a uniform inspection, I whispered to my buddy next to me I don't feel good then the next thing I knew I hear Marine! MARINE before being tossed over to the padded mats in the corner with my first Sgt. ripping my dress blues off of me in front of the entire company.

I admire their dedication to service. May God keep them safe ✝

Never lock your knees or your knees are gonna hit the ground.

8:42 “I feel so sorry for him” 8:47 “Let’s watch it again” lol

I think when he said $260 he meant US dollars after converted to American, so probably like 220 pounds or something, I'm not sure what the conversion would be

In my experience Falling to the knees means heat stroke or exhaustion, full on plank face plant means locking the knees

Buckingham Palace as its called now formerly Buckingham House named after the Duke of Buckingham, when it went up for sale was bought by think George III for his wife Queen Charlotte so she could escape court life, actually was built over the River Tyburn which still flows underneath it Though yeah is entirely traditional now the bearskins (do think they use synthetic material now but traditionally speaking they start from a brown bear in canada as a form of pest control), are taken from the French Imperial Guard where the Grenadiers got their name from (the only regiment to take its name from the enemy) is them who wore them which the ones for protecting Charles II defeated and mocked them, was to make them look more fearsome is why the wearing of them, reason for the red tunics is reds really difficult at a distance to see seperate people or something like that

y'know that push at 12:45 is probably the culmination of all the bullshit they have to put up with. I'd love to see a compilation of them just shovin people out of the way. It was strangely satisfying to see.

The fainting is coming from two factors the heat and locking your damn knees. I've seen people break their jaws at attention passing out simply cause they locked the knees... poor dudes, my friend actually has stitches from a 9/11 ceremony we did in ROTC and a battalion inspection where he passed out again that one was a combination of both heat and he locked his knees again. Mad respect for these guys though, longest I've stood at attention was 5-6 hours thankfully cause I know I couldn't do that on a daily to this extent at least, I'll leave it to the professionals. Props to the Royal Guard!

My dad has awful varicose veins because of having to stand to attention for hours on end, it's so so hard to stand still for so long. Humans aren't made to do that, and these people should not be mocked for their perseverance

Do the Swiss Guard at the Vatican! :)

The Scottish guard said; I don't know if you think you are funny or what, do one! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Dude your videos are sooooooo entertaining. Keep it up

Lot of the footage is from a documentary series, think it was called Guardian the Queen, was fun to see a more behind the scenes of the Queens guard

As much as I would never want this to actually happen it would be really cool to see how the guard would react to an attack on the palace. I think it would be quite amazing to see these guys who are in these ceremonial dress kind of goofy looking hats turn into absolute badass warrior killing machines. Like if there's like footage of a drill you know that was declassified that would be cool like red team Blue team planning an attack on Buckingham Palace

Absolutely right about the difficulty of standing post. That's why US Marines who know better prefer deployment to the west coast/Pacific...fewer cerimonal postings there.

10:10 Moonwalking Guard FTW! MJ would have been so proud (RIP)

The hats make them look like Dr. Sues characters.

I joined the Irish guards in 2009 and I’m 5.6 -.5.7. I joined because of a friend and he was an inch or so shorter than me. Tbh there was a couple of lads in 2 or 3 different platoons that were short based up in vimy & helles barracks. 👍

Don't worry, the guards get their revenge on these ignorant tourists. I've heard stories about them on their off times. Slingshots and ball bearings sound painful

We do use live ammo, the first 2 are blanks used for warning shots the rest are live, all our guns are semi automatic

Hobnails are no joke, I know was only a reenactor, but the amount of times I busted my ass wearing those boots is insane.

Some people are so disrespectful to the Queen's guards. I'm American and have great love and respect for the British people and its military. It's awesome we are friends and allies!

Yes... they're "Assassins " When my son graduated Boot Camp, Fort Sill, 101st Air Borne, the Officiating Officer said to the graduating recruits: "Congratulations, you are now ASSASSINS" .... I was shocked when I heard this... but the reality is, a soldier is trained to kill and is paid to do so - assassin.

To be fair, the hats are a lot more intimidating when they are yelling at you in your face.

The reason we wear the bearskin come from when France elite grenadiers soldiers wore them, we fought them in battle and stole their bearskin and wore them like a war trophy. 🔵🔴🔵

I once visited Buckingham palace with my family we saw the royal guards doing there active duty and one numpty stood in front of one and yes he’s got a job to do so the pleb of the by stander planted the ground and got up looked disgusted but it was her fault for being in the way massive respect for the royal guards.

I feel sorry for him but let's watch it again 😁

the hats are iconic and instantly recognisable

Pretty sure taunting the guards has been a thing tourists do for at least several decades, well prior to cell phones. Getting a reaction was a dare. People standing in their way . . . I think a lot of that is also deliberate.

The hats are still used as in the oldern times it was to make the enemy think that they r taller and bigger than they really are (which is why they still have them)

"fainting to attention" ...not sure if it's in this video, or if it's even true, but in some other video about royal guard, they mentioned the royal guard actually gets some training on how to faint properly, so they actually do end up lying on the ground in the attention posture.

4:48 I'm SO glad my sister and I never thought to do any such stupidity the many times we visited London (my parents taught us better than that, thankfully!) I'd actually found out more about this when I was diagnosed with POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and it's a condition...disease...whatever...and it basically leads first to an elevated heart rate upon standing. This is actually natural to an extent...it stops being natural and enters problematic territory when instead of going down after a minute or 2, it only keeps going up. This then leads to orthostatic hypotension (at least in my type of POTS...less force when blood circulates = by itself can cause syncope and is worse if there's a slowing of circulation, blood pooling etc) and to hypoperfusion of the brain (blood circulation/return to the brain slows down, lessens as the blood begins to pool in the legs which I mentioned.) When not in a flare up, if I stand too fast I'll have my vision go grey and sparkly for a second or even a full black (with tinnitus starting in my ears or a muting of all sound). If I am up and walking for too long, then I need to sit with my head between my knees. When I have flare ups, I've had such little perfusion that I've had no palpable pulse at the carotid (no cardiac arrest but there was such little strength to the BP that it could not be found there.) Fainting is actually a natural "solution" as it gets your body into a horizontal positions, ends what the body considers "stress" and ta-da! Blood begins reaching the brain again. At my worst point, I had to be on constant infusions of IV saline solution. So much respect for the Royal Guard.

The two girls who kissed the guard in their video actually asked him if they could first and he nodded. But yes, people shouldn't do that anyway.

It’s so early for me when he posted this lol, still gonna watch it

'I feel so sorry for him... Let's watch it again' 🤣

You should react to gorgon Ramsay going through this training it’s funny

4:18 there's something about the way this guy falls that makes me think he wasn't _really_ passing out, he went down knees first and had his arms out to cushion the fall, it just doesn't quite look involuntary.

The thing is a lot of these tourists really don’t understand who and what the royal guard are. I’m sure they don’t even think there actual servicemen.

The British grenadier was wearing bearskin hats since about 1760. The only difference is the fur use to be brushed upwards rather than down like it is now and the design is different.

Royal guards making their way through dumbass people by "ramming" is *wholesome* to watch.

FYI to anyone watching the video, the hats are still made of real bear. They tried synthetic but it looked awful and the black dye ran very quickly. But the bears are culled by the Canadians and those bear skins are used, the culling is good for the bears as a whole.

I read stories of wee lassies who show the guards their.....wears....to try to break their attention. The guards say they just try to keep their composer and enjoy the view. It's good to be the Queen's Guard.

I'm sure when they're not working they're pretty chill guys