Dont fuck with the Queen's Royal Guard (xpost /r/videos)
Posted Jan 22, 2013, 7:35 AM UTC
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This was satisfying. Maybe not as satisfying as watching them trample him, but still satisfying.
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Silence!
Also, thank you.
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God-damn those assholes in that video annoy me. Show some respect. Well played on that soldier; I'd have flipped.
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God damn. "Sorry."
I love my country.
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Manners cost nothing. Except precious precious seconds.
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He hardly stopped to say sorry. He stopped because he missed the turn. It took him maybe one extra second to say sorry for mowing down the baby that you were stupid enough to have on the corner of a rally.
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Am I in the right subbreddit?
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I know, right? I don't need to see so much sky or foreground. What I'd rather see is the whole guard unit, which you could do if the damn phone were horizontal.
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Love the Lost soundtrack in the background.
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Lost? You mean John Carpenter's "The Thing" right?
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Is that couple Asian? I think they're Asian. I knew it... they're Asian.
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Inevitable. A voice like this guy's would make my morning commute a lot easier.
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MAKE WAY for the Queen's Castle Guard's volvo!
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Honestly, I've watched many a tourist (and drunk brit pub louts) screw with Royal Guards and what people seem to forget is the fact that they are soldiers, and they are GUARDS. If they are protecting an entrance and you think it's funny to obstruct them/cross the line jokingly, they will deal with you like any other threat, because you are a threat and because fuck you.
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It's amazing how a social mindset can change when war isn't at your doorstep. These guys are seen as costumed tourist goons until their saving your life and culture.
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When people question the wisdom of maintaining the monarchy, the royalists are quick to point out that the royal family is a tourist draw, so is it any wonder that tourists treat the Queen's props like an attraction?
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No, and I'm not going to state an opinion eithier way, just people often treat them as props, forgetting that actually they are guards. I've seen a drunk american get clobbered after he tried to steal a guard's bearskin. Guard placed a lovely right hook on the kid's jaw, and then had him on the ground while his colleagues came up to help him. What interested me was the way some of them came in and provided all round defence. The Soldier backed off when the Met turned up and took over.
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Nice. I remember when I visited the tower of London and the guides warned people not to dare and try and climb over the ropes near the queen's guards or her private residence because they can (legally) and will hit you. :p
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That's just like the warning my orientation leader gave us just before starting college.
"[University Police] are not security guards. They are not rent-a-cops. They are Massachusetts State Troopers. They will mess you up."
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What did the guard say?
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Make way for the Queen's castle guard!
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I think i have relative good english skills as second language, but i couldn't have guessed what he said in a million years
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Drill instructors talk like that so they can be heard by every man / woman on parade at the same time. The orders have to be given loud and sharp. Sometimes it sounds like a scream.
Its not just the command that is important, it's also making sure everyone hears it.
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He got that part right, i would have move out of the way even if i didn't understand a word of what he said.
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"BLAAARG AM BLAARG UM BINGO!!"
"sorry"
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I am English. I had no idea.
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MAY WEH FOH TAH QUEES KAS GAAAAH'!!
FTFY
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MAYWAYQUEKAHGARGH
source: that soldier
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"make the way..."? I can only hear out these three words.
EDIT:"make way for the queens castle guard"
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I thought it sounded like he said "Move out of the way, it's the Castle Guard!"
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The first words are definitely 'Move out..' but the rest is too difficult for me to make out. Sounds like he rushed it so the guy didn't get trampled.
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You are correct. How people are hearing it the other way I have no idea.
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Mirror: http://justice-blog.com/Chbbc/make-way-for-the-queens-castle-guard
(This mirror is provided automatically because youtube regularly removes videos against their terms of service).
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I doubt this will be removed :-)
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Your mom's a bot.
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Your bot's a mom.
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I heard:
"Get out of the way, you wanker!"
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so did he ...
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Where is the justice?
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Damnit people.. Learn how to hold your bloody iphones when shooting video. Horizontal people, horizontal...
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It might be justice, but I have no idea what they said.
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Guard: MAKE WAY FOR THE QUEEN'S CASTLE GUARD
Guy: ^^^Sorry...
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How is some guy being told to 'move out of the way' justice?
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because he was being a moron ...
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Visiting the Tower, I witnessed a similar incident of infinite humour. The changing of the guards was under way and clueless tourists were clearly in their way and mindlessly taking pictures. At the top of his lungs, one of the guards shouted 'make way for the Queen's Guards' which caused massive brick shitting in the flock.
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Psh, tourists.
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Reminds me of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknowns
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I was gonna say the same thing, but with this video
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Not really justice porn, but still funny.
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Everyone thinks those guys are just dudes in funny hats who stand outside Buckingham Palace, but they never consider the fact that they're real soldiers who can and will fuck you up if you try anything.
Exactly, many tourists believe they are there for their one amusement. When in actual fact, they are real soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they are actually there for very real security reasons.
We have them here in Ottawa Canada as well, I take my kids for the "Change of guards" during the summer and let me tell you it takes very special skills to stand around in +35 degree weather with that suit on!
Haha let alone getting incredibly hot from the uniform, the headgear alone weighs 11pounds!
The funniest thing was when my 3 y/o son was imitating them, and the specific guard he watched was blinking his eyes every 5 seconds or so, so my son would stand still, pretending to hold the gun and blink like a madman... I laughed so hard!
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+35 degree C, sorry ehhh, it's aboot time I realise that eh? Again, I'm deeply sorry ;)
The only people in Canada who still use Fahrenheit are over 80 years-old. Everybody else uses Celsius. In fact, the only people in Canada who even really understand Fahrenheit are over 60 years-old, or travel a lot to the US. Hope that helps.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e65-wLp1yyI
Its frustrating hearing all of them tourists laugh, as though the guard did that for comic effect. If an adult were to cross the fence, the guards are legally allowed to use force on that individual. They won't be laughing when some twats on the ground curled up because he was a cocky prick.
Perhaps he did it for comic effect? I mean, I know they're hardcore, but they're not daft. They're smart people. They understand that a child poses no harm to them. That being said, they are hardcore, and their orders may to not let anyone touch the fence. I can't exactly imagine a guard leaving his post solely for comic value, however, I think it was one of his motivations.
I think he did that for comic effect. And also that he'd be in a boatload of trouble if he left some kid curled up on the floor for being on the rope.
I think they should perform a combat demonstration in uniform, just to drive the point home.
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Yes to everything, but that is Windsor Castle, not Buckingham Palace.
Thank you. I have fond memories of skateboarding the area.
During the most recent UK Royal Wedding, the commentator pointed-out that even the guy driving the carriage probably had a little submachine gun hidden under his fancy livery.
Somewhat off-topic, I find it interesting that the Secret Service (bodyguards for US President), until 2003, wasn't part of any military branch, they came from the Department of the Treasury.
TIL... but why did they bother changing it?
The Department of Homeland Security was created.
I makes perfect sense when you realize most of their job revolves around high end financial fraud.
Also fun fact. Abe Lincoln created the department to try and put an end to counterfeiting.
No, Ulysses S. Grant created it after James T. West and Artemus Gordon saved him from a giant steam-powered spider.
WTF?
The Department of the Treasury was created by an Act of Congress in 1789 .
And they don't even deal with counterfeiting. That's done by the Secret Service.
EDIT: Ah-ha, I see what you mean:
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They were formed to catch counterfeiters, the protection aspect came later. They still perform that function, too.
It still isn't. The DHS isn't part of the military, the Coast Guard falls under The DHS (formally DoT) and they are Military, but none of its other entities are.
yeah, I got my words all shitted up
It's a shame the Coast Guard got lumped in with DHS. Coasties rule.
The secret service's original purpose was to investigate counterfeiting cases. They still do, so it makes a certain kind if sense.