@@juliesantos705yeah well obviously the tourists weren't understanding a printed sign or a verbal command so they went back to universal DO NOT signs. Childish or not it gets the message across.
The horse had to say enough is enough to the ignorant tourist! The horse felt the crowd closing in and knew. Shame on the officers for letting a crowd get so close.
About time. I am a horse person from Texas👍🏻 I just cannot stand to see them get pawed. Especially these high strung beautifully trained horses. I know people have various thoughts on this, but I hate it for them. Tourists just do not understand because they have no experience with them. People get excited to simply touch such magnificent creatures.
And there lies the heart of the problem They have no regard or consideration for the military personnel… the public … the motorists … or anyone else … not least the entitled attitude and aggression
The amount of people in front of the gate and horses needs to be a lot less. I get why the horses get agitated, TOO MANY PEOPLE!! There should be a way to control the mob!!
Two of my favourite Mod, male officers doing crowd control. One black, the other left foot, left hand gunslinger. For those who don't read or understand English, that new "visual" sign should keep hands off horses. Well done.
See I told you People in Charge you need more help for the Horse guards as well as the standing guards!! People of today have NO REGARD for Police or Customs in this world today! DO THE RIGHT THING, GIVE MORE HELP!!!
They're waiting to get in. If the Army hadn't got it so badly wrong and kept the horses on the pavement and then closed half the pavement there would never have been a problem.
This is getting out of hand with tourists,blocking the sidewalk,people having to walk in the street,swarming the horses. I personally think they need to rope off the area and no more photos
@@John-G Yes most know it’s a public pavement, but people wanting just walk past can’t as it’s too crowded so they have to walk on the road, with the traffic - and that’s definitely not safe. What the answer is, I don’t know. But there’s no room for people to walk on the public pavement, which it’s basically intended for.
@@bernadettelanders7306 There's actually plenty of room to walk on the pavement, but unfortunately on this occasion the Army and the MoD Police got it very badly wrong and caused the problem, which could and should have been very easily avoided. Horseguards is MoD property, but Horseguards Passage, connecting the Mall and St James', is a public right of way during the day although the MoD can close it on certain occasions such as the Trooping the Colour every year and for the daily guard mount, 4 o'clock parade and dismount, and the hourly changeovers. It's not just used by tourists but by local people as well - you can walk, run, or push a bicycle through and plenty do, particularly going to the Park for lunch. When I was at school (the City of London) we used to run through every day when training for the seven bridges so I know it very well indeed. On this occasion there was a meeting involving senior foreign officers at HQ London District, IIRC to confirm details for Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph (you can see them leaving near the end of the video) so for security reasons the Courtyard and Passage were closed so inevitably there was a build-up of people waiting to go through (tourists and locals). Normally it's not a problem when this happens as the whole width of the pavement is ample - the horses are simply backed into the boxes, off the pavement, and the hourly changeover is either early or delayed if necessary so the pavement is never restricted (apart from for a minute or two when the cars drive in and out). This time they simply got it very badly wrong and the sentries not only remained forward of the boxes, on the pavement so everyone had to walk round them but, unbelievably, they carried on with the hourly changeover just a couple of minutes before the meeting ended, so half the pavement was closed and the MoD Police pushed people back and into the road. Mind-numbingly incompetent. My guess is that the meeting went on a few minutes longer than planned, so overlapping with the hourly changeover, and as it was a Short Guard (the King wasn't in London) there was only an NCO in charge and he didn't have the initiative to delay the changeover by two minutes which would have stopped the problem happening. Just a total lack of planning and initiative by the military, leaving the MoD Police totally out of their depth, and chaos where it was lucky nobody was hurt. The Army simply got it wrong and caused the problem, when avoiding it should have been simple. Easily avoidable - inexcusable and incompetent (and I'm ashamed to say I'm ex-Army).
No accountability, no common sense. We have zero accountability in most countries now so it's a free for all. Civilization can only exist when the rules laid down are held up and people are held accountable for their entitled attitudes.
Is the tourists money that important to the British economy? They are allowed to overtake every inch of land they stand on. Walking in the streets, causing visiting members of the military to walk shoulder to shoulder in a crowd of people, invading spaces where they don't belong and showing no respect for established rules. If I were a VIP I would fear for my safety in this environment. This is a circus! 🎪
If one of those horses spooked, there might be a dangerous situation! As it was, one horse did get agitated and left the guard house and the people still didnt move! And they were laughing! Unbelievable! That guard must have been terrified!
Good god .. this many hands used to maul away.. no wonder some 3 horses i’ve seen were gone insane & started biting everyone.. just looking at this infestation of locusts is making me go crazy
Auch wenn die Pferde jetzt nicht mehr so oft betatscht werden,dürfen die Menschen viel zu dicht an den Pferden stehen..ohne Absperrung wird sich nichts ändern...die Polizei müsste viel strenger sein.
They should put it up both sides of the horse. The horse covers it from the one side. They will ignore the sign after a few days like they ignore the old one.
Lol. A red hot filly I would imagine, beautiful coat and gorgeous eyes.he plenty of this going on in the stables when reunited. Lol. Bless them, they deserve big of love too don't they? 😘😘😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
As I commented on another of these channels, they think it's a show put on for them I'm sure! "What did you do in London?" " i stood on a pavement for ages staring at other tourists! "
I will never understand WHY people stand around all googly eyed and stare. That's impolite and blocking the horse and Guard. Should be a law against that blocking situation.
I wouldn’t stand in a crowd like that for anything. I’m not a gawker. It’s amazing watching people interact with life. And it’s not always a pleasing picture that I witness. I have learned a lot. And yet I know I shouldn’t base my understanding and judgement of people solely through this window of TH-cam. Wait! I’m a gawker of gawkers!
Thought it was a mountain goat! but I definitely am in favour of a sign. Perhaps if its framed in flashing lights & bells whistles someone will notice it!
Please put barriers around the people. Do you not need to touch the horse or the guard? Put barriers around them and keep the gates closed. Please, I'm helping out the horses.
@seanbumstead1250 barriers would be dangerous for the horses and guards, if the horse spooks and comes out of its box it could be injured on a barrier.. I and many other are always putting this across
It seems to get worse every day with these tourists, it’s a human zoo and really wonder who the animals are here,maybe soon they will restrict visiting horse guards all together. Or perhaps start charging a fee to these people, for sure there will be less conglomeration then!!!
Good idea. £5,000 for family of 4. No crossing the line, putting your foot on it, half in and out of it, or entering the box. Bump up the amount to £50,000 . Passports will be taken off them by the MOD Police and given back when fine paid in full. if ANYONE disobeys, ignores the guard of touches the horses.
The whole problem was caused, unfortunately, by mind-numbing incompetence and a lack of planning and initiative by the Army and the MoD Police. Not only is the pavement a public pavement but Horseguards Passage, connecting the Mall and St James's, is a public right of way during the day, although it's owned by the MoD, and a lot of locals use it as a shortcut and to go to St James's for lunch, walking, running or pushing bicycles through. I know it very well as I used to run through it every day when training for the seven bridges as i went to school near there (the City of London). Horseguards Passage is closed briefly regularly during guard mount and dismount, and for Trooping the Colour, but usually the full width of the pavement is kept available at other times when it's closed as the horses are simply backed into their boxes (as at 12:40) and if necessary the hourly changeover is slightly delayed or early. On this occasion there was a meeting of foreign senior officers at HQ London District, IIRC about the Remenbrance Day Parade at the Cenotaph, so the Passage and the Courtyard were closed for security reasons - you can see them leaving at the end of the video. If the horses had been backed into their boxes the full width of the pavement would have been kept available throughout so there would never have been any problem - instead not only did they remain on the pavement so the public still had to walk round them, but they carried on with the routine changeover so half the pavement was cleared by MoD Police who were totally out of their depth, forcing people to walk in the road. Totally inexcusable and very easily avoided. My guess is that the meeting went on a couple of minutes longer than planned and that as it was a Short Guard (the King wasn't in London) there was only an NCO in charge and he didn't want to use his initiative to do anything, delaying the changeover by only two minutes, so he decided it was better to do nothing wrong by doing nothing at all, so creating a problem that should never have happened. The whole problem was so easily avoidable, with either a little forethought and planning or a little initiative - instead the Army did neither and caused a problem that should never have happened, that could easily have led to someone being killed, leaving the MoD Police lost and leaderless. Sometimes, seeing something like this, I'm ashamed to be ex-Army.
Visitors didn't have to stand on the road, putting themselves in danger from vehicle traffic. They had choices (we are always faced with choices). They could have either stayed on pavement and stood further up or down from Horse Guards. Alternatively they could have left the site and returned a little later. I don't see the necessity for visitors to loiter at any site. Sometimes as You must surely realise people have to make choices to ensure their own and their Family's safety.
@@patriciaphillips2479 Most are tourists - they have no idea how long the gates will be closed for (as nobody told them) so they did what tourists do when gates are closed but may be opened soon - they waited. The rest are locals using Horseguards Passageway as a shortcut between the Mall and St James'. Going the long way round, two ways, adds an hour's walk in the heat, so even if they waited half an hour it'd save time so - they waited. Your "choices" simply aren't choices, either for safety or convenience - it was totally unnecessary and easily avoidable. Inexcusable.
@@John-G you’re a mind reader then? You know exactly what everyone on site from the highest ranking officer to the dumbest Touron is thinking and feeling? I doubt that tbh
The crowds are blocking a right of way, forcing pedestrians to walk alongside the traffic. They should be moved on as is the normal action for the police to take.
Horseguards Passage is also a right of way, although it can be closed briefly as it was here. The pavement is amply wide enough to avoid anyone blocking it, but the Army simply got it wrong and caused the problem instead of avoiding it happening.
What the hell are they filming! Nothing is happening.its very telling that a vlogger can produce a good standard docu-film of people filming nothing. We need legislation to allow police to confiscate phones under certain circumstances. That would thin the herd.
Poor horse is spooked. Too many prople, too much noise. Pls rope off the area stopping the folks from getting so close to the horse and guard. And still they are laughing.
I think the Palos should keep the gate closed for that. Many people that will keep it under control so and the people should not touch the horses or the guards. I mean it, I'm behind the guard all the way. Keep the gate closed where people cannot go in.They'll get trampled
Instead of expecting all the people to move away from the horse, how about backing the horse into the box ... just a thought 😂 ... and where's the police asking for help?
An enormous amount of people. Police asking for help. Horses are distressed. Gates to yard open. The beauty of the Kings horse’s magnificent. Why is the crowd so immense? Horse seems to be in the crowd and crazy people not moving. Soldiers in mufti on other side of the gates. Horse distressed moving into crowd while his horse guard shouts BACK. Space around horse now cleared of people as horse tries to plunge. Female soldier is calming him down. She is remaining with him. Big wigs walking out of the open gates. Change of horses taking place.
The way things are going at the moment and how terrorist threats are a reality, a lot of people will get hurt should this happen, its not if, its when 😢
Yes, that's about right for this self entitled moron's. They hate not being included in something that is none of their business. So arrogant they are.
These* what's wrong with this dumb spellchecker. Had it all types out correctly, press reply button and the change it. In another post I put Remembrance Sunday*.this idiot spellchecker changed it to Rembrants, what a bell end?
Maybe they should put fencing up in a circle around this area so that people can see but not get near the horses - they can open it up if cars need to get in. Of course the crowds are far too big - so a charge to walk thru this roadway ? Only people with passes allowed into this road ? They have to limit the mess sooner or later !
For around the 4,000th time…. Any barrier would be both impractical and downright dangerous. The MOD do not own the footpath in front of the boxes. ‘People with passes allowed on this road?!’ Do you know which road you are referring to?
Why don't the police tell the crowd to move on as they're clearly not going through horse guards. The capacity standing on the footpath is ridiculous. X
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Crowd too big. Dangerous. Magnificent black horse in far box. Soldier looks concerned. Horse going crazy in other box. Poor horse desperate crowded by stupid people who won’t give him space. Why such a big crowd. The other box horse’s.head above crowd now in crowd having a meltdown. The horse is in the crowd going crazy finally people moved back horse going crazy again trooper trying to help. She has helped. Thank You God for making the crowd move back. Very sad to see poor horse so upset. Back in box female trooper calming him. Poor animal very upset. Police moving the crowd back thank You God for the police. Crowd is stupid. Gates are open now and a whole lot of VIP’s walked out.
Although the policemen are top of the job's, they kinda didn't look to help horseman in left box. All them people around so close to the horse. If the Lady office would of been on duty, she would have it sorted, the guys are to soft, always distracted ..Zero common sense !. More and more cameras pointing at the guards waiting for a shout or something. Imagine going to work, and people just filming you all day, waiting to see of they can catch that moment. I can see it coming to an end to be honest.
@@John-G That's half the problem in this country, " i'm here to change a light bulb, and that's it ".. Dude, its totally there job, especially when its over crowded like it was. The guys do seem to always group together and have a good ole chinwag. There's a lady officer who's on the ball.. I hope she is a high ranking officer. It must be frustrating having to sit perfectly still for an hour, while there's a million phones on them, just waiting for some sort of mishap, day in and day out. Crazy for sure.
@@Milldog2023 "Dude", it's not their job at any time, and it's certainly not their job when they're fully occupied with a VIP visit in progress which IS their job. They "group together" because they work in pairs - that's how they operate at Horseguards. If the "lady officer" you're talking about had been there she'd have probably been too busy feeding the horses Polo mints . She's not a "high ranking officer" - she's a constable, the lowest rank there is. Had the trooper on the left had a problem with the crowd around him all he had to do was back into the box - he didn't. They don't do guard "day in, day out" - they do it roughly one day in ten to twelve. If they find it "frustrating" they've only got themselves to blame, as it was entirely their choice to join the 1% of the Army who do this, not the 99% who don't, and he could easily have chosen to join another regiment instead. He didn't.
@@Milldog2023 The horse & Guard are allowed to move their positions. They do not have to stay still like a statue. On duty one hour a day, three days a week. Water brought out to horse & Guard. Also welfare checks.
It was the Army's mistake - they caused the problem by leaving the horses on the pavement instead of backing them into the boxes, then closing half the pavement instead of delaying the changeover by two minutes.
@@John-G I still don't understand why this is a tourist attraction. I don't think it's safe for people from all over the world to put their hands up to the horses mouths. You never know what they have in their hands.
@@purplehearts3287 It was pushed as a tourist attraction in 1993, after the Household Cavalry had been halved - if they hadn't had this to justify themselves, all the Mounted Regiment (250 horses and 350 soldiers) would have done all year, literally, would have been the King's Birthday Parade. Some horses like the attention and get bored without it, others don't and hate it - it's easy to leave it up to the troopers' discretion as they know the horses. The sign is there to stop the MoD being sued, after a horse bit a Chinese tourist on 22 July and she fainted - she actually hadn't touched the horse and she wasn't even that close to it, but she was standing directly in front of the sign so should have been safe. The horse was a known 'biter' so has finally been removed from duty at Horseguards after several similar incidents.
@@purplehearts3287 I believe three have been taken off Horseguards duties and will probably be "retired" . It's actually a myth that military (or police) horses retire and are pensioned off to a life of fun and frolicks. A few go to the Horses' Trust, which is a public charity for old horses, now mainly older military and police horses - no government funding at all, not a penny, just donations. IIRC they've got about 140 horses. The rest are sold off to the highest bidder, albeit vetted, to be used as hunters and hacks and at riding schools. (Edit: these aren't "King's hoses", which are horses from the Royal Mews - also "retired" in the same way. They belong to the MoD, paid for out of the defence budget.)
Look at that gorgeous looking sign..i’ve never been this happy to see a sign in my entire life before of 62
I have waited 2 years for this. Why they took so long to respond is unfathomable.
Me at 63
@user-fi9ss4ny9q
So itvwas all yiur idea was it. Yeah right
I am also 63 years old
I just love the new sign. Thank you to the people who who came up with the idea. This has made my day !!🥰
It’s childish and not clear
@@juliesantos705yeah well obviously the tourists weren't understanding a printed sign or a verbal command so they went back to universal DO NOT signs. Childish or not it gets the message across.
The horse had to say enough is enough to the ignorant tourist! The horse felt the crowd closing in and knew. Shame on the officers for letting a crowd get so close.
About time. I am a horse person from Texas👍🏻 I just cannot stand to see them get pawed. Especially these high strung beautifully trained horses. I know people have various thoughts on this, but I hate it for them. Tourists just do not understand because they have no experience with them. People get excited to simply touch such magnificent creatures.
Horses started to get agitated and no wonder. These people have no common sense.
Why don’t they just move on.; They’ve seen what they’ve come to see. Go enjoy the rest of their tour.
You sure said it!
Love this cop, he doesn't put up with any nonsense 😂
I think it would be more appropriate to call him a policeman not a cop!
It’s weird to me they have no issue blocking a sidewalk….it’s a right of way. They act like they’re at Disney.
It’s not just the pavement they are in the road if they get hit by a car it will be their own fault 🤬
And there lies the heart of the problem
They have no regard or consideration for the military personnel… the public … the motorists … or anyone else … not least the entitled attitude and aggression
Rentrez chez vous il n'y a rien à voir 😮
The amount of people in front of the gate and horses needs to be a lot less. I get why the horses get agitated, TOO MANY PEOPLE!! There should be a way to control the mob!!
... and why do people from all over the world go there?
... a lot of them surely come because of these youtube videos 😉...
The one horse was packed in like sardines 😢.
They look like they are waiting to get on a ride at Disney.
They shouldn’t be there at all.
Two of my favourite Mod, male officers doing crowd control. One black, the other left foot, left hand gunslinger. For those who don't read or understand English, that new "visual" sign should keep hands off horses. Well done.
Oh, snap - love the new picture sign! Now to put them up on both sides of the horse. Herding cats, LOL!
cats are smarter
Spot on.
See I told you People in Charge you need more help for the Horse guards as well as the standing guards!! People of today have NO REGARD for Police or Customs in this world today! DO THE RIGHT THING, GIVE MORE HELP!!!
Why don't yiu Mr anonymous just stop whittering . It's ememberassjng
Then go there and help ...
As soon as you get a crowd horses should be brought in and gates closed.
What are these people waiting for? Let's hope there isn't a emergency, these people should have been moved further down the path from Horse Guards.
What are these people looking for?
They're waiting to get in. If the Army hadn't got it so badly wrong and kept the horses on the pavement and then closed half the pavement there would never have been a problem.
This is getting out of hand with tourists,blocking the sidewalk,people having to walk in the street,swarming the horses. I personally think they need to rope off the area and no more photos
@@seanbumstead1250 ... I agree 💯.. let them zoooom in for a photo behind the BOLLARDS...
It's a public pavement - how many times ...
@@John-G
Yes most know it’s a public pavement, but people wanting just walk past can’t as it’s too crowded so they have to walk on the road, with the traffic - and that’s definitely not safe.
What the answer is, I don’t know. But there’s no room for people to walk on the public pavement, which it’s basically intended for.
@@bernadettelanders7306 There's actually plenty of room to walk on the pavement, but unfortunately on this occasion the Army and the MoD Police got it very badly wrong and caused the problem, which could and should have been very easily avoided.
Horseguards is MoD property, but Horseguards Passage, connecting the Mall and St James', is a public right of way during the day although the MoD can close it on certain occasions such as the Trooping the Colour every year and for the daily guard mount, 4 o'clock parade and dismount, and the hourly changeovers. It's not just used by tourists but by local people as well - you can walk, run, or push a bicycle through and plenty do, particularly going to the Park for lunch. When I was at school (the City of London) we used to run through every day when training for the seven bridges so I know it very well indeed.
On this occasion there was a meeting involving senior foreign officers at HQ London District, IIRC to confirm details for Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph (you can see them leaving near the end of the video) so for security reasons the Courtyard and Passage were closed so inevitably there was a build-up of people waiting to go through (tourists and locals).
Normally it's not a problem when this happens as the whole width of the pavement is ample - the horses are simply backed into the boxes, off the pavement, and the hourly changeover is either early or delayed if necessary so the pavement is never restricted (apart from for a minute or two when the cars drive in and out).
This time they simply got it very badly wrong and the sentries not only remained forward of the boxes, on the pavement so everyone had to walk round them but, unbelievably, they carried on with the hourly changeover just a couple of minutes before the meeting ended, so half the pavement was closed and the MoD Police pushed people back and into the road.
Mind-numbingly incompetent.
My guess is that the meeting went on a few minutes longer than planned, so overlapping with the hourly changeover, and as it was a Short Guard (the King wasn't in London) there was only an NCO in charge and he didn't have the initiative to delay the changeover by two minutes which would have stopped the problem happening.
Just a total lack of planning and initiative by the military, leaving the MoD Police totally out of their depth, and chaos where it was lucky nobody was hurt.
The Army simply got it wrong and caused the problem, when avoiding it should have been simple.
Easily avoidable - inexcusable and incompetent (and I'm ashamed to say I'm ex-Army).
Pavement, NOT sidewalk. This is NOT USA.
Love the new international no touch signs, way overdue ❤
Where has common sense gone!!
No accountability, no common sense. We have zero accountability in most countries now so it's a free for all. Civilization can only exist when the rules laid down are held up and people are held accountable for their entitled attitudes.
I guess they have never seen a horse before. Should be aloud there at all.
Is the tourists money that important to the British economy? They are allowed to overtake every inch of land they stand on. Walking in the streets, causing visiting members of the military to walk shoulder to shoulder in a crowd of people, invading spaces where they don't belong and showing no respect for established rules. If I were a VIP I would fear for my safety in this environment. This is a circus! 🎪
Too very very right!
Yes it is. You'd be a fool to not think it is.
And the goons don't think anything is wrong
It’s a public road outside the gates ,therefore anyone can be there
There is no charge to visit this site.
These tourists are pushy beyond belief❗️Utterly clueless, incredibly rude and disturbingly self-absorbed‼️ They should feel embarrassed but . . .
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😅😊
I can’t believe how stupid those people are that stand in the street and also don’t obey the police. Crazy
Where are they supposed to go? into the road, which some did?
If one of those horses spooked, there might be a dangerous situation! As it was, one horse did get agitated and left the guard house and the people still didnt move! And they were laughing! Unbelievable! That guard must have been terrified!
No because he's a goid horseman.
If he was terrified of that, maybe he's in the wrong job ...
‘Terrified?’ More likely made their day, lessens the tedium
Brilliant new sign!
People that say these guards don’t know how to ride are too much. A sword in one hand and the reins in the other? You can do better, go and join up.
He doesn’t stand any messing, just like the other lady police officer who isn’t on today!
Horses know there is some VIP somewhere. I also loved the new signage. Now, let's see how many read it!!!
Good god .. this many hands used to maul away.. no wonder some 3 horses i’ve seen were gone insane & started biting everyone.. just looking at this infestation of locusts is making me go crazy
Yiu have not seen ine horse go insane
You've seen three horses go insane at Horseguards? Do tell ...
The crowds are ridiculous 😮.
Like the new sign Hope it helps
What's everyone hanging around for..
And people are still laughing ..
That police man is normally quite patient, so the tourists must have seriously twanged his last nerve
Auch wenn die Pferde jetzt nicht mehr so oft betatscht werden,dürfen die Menschen viel zu dicht an den Pferden stehen..ohne Absperrung wird sich nichts ändern...die Polizei müsste viel strenger sein.
Any form of barrier would be both impractical and downright dangerous, plus which there is nowhere to put one
e too many people! Must be scary for the police to have that many people packed into a small area.
Why would fully armed, fully trained MOD police officers be scared?! 😂
Police are trained in how do deal with crowds.
Their stupid laughing when a horse is stressed is so disrespectful. They think it's just a show. They should be asked to leave!
I just hate the way tourists crowd so tightly around the horses and when the police tell them to move they look like stunned mullets.
They should put it up both sides of the horse. The horse covers it from the one side. They will ignore the sign after a few days like they ignore the old one.
I think that horse knew that his 1hr was up and said I’m out of here I don’t get paid overtime I have a date back in the stall 😂
Lol. A red hot filly I would imagine, beautiful coat and gorgeous eyes.he plenty of this going on in the stables when reunited. Lol. Bless them, they deserve big of love too don't they? 😘😘😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
As I commented on another of these channels, they think it's a show put on for them I'm sure!
"What did you do in London?"
" i stood on a pavement for ages staring at other tourists! "
This looks admission to an amusement park. This is the attitude of most tourists.
Are they waiting to get hit by a Red Double Decker
I will never understand WHY people stand around all googly eyed and stare. That's impolite and blocking the horse and Guard. Should be a law against that blocking situation.
Absolutely loving the new sign
Finally the sign I was waiting for …
I wouldn’t stand in a crowd like that for anything. I’m not a gawker. It’s amazing watching people interact with life. And it’s not always a pleasing picture that I witness. I have learned a lot. And yet I know I shouldn’t base my understanding and judgement of people solely through this window of TH-cam. Wait! I’m a gawker of gawkers!
😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤
One good thing is that we are watching from home far away from all these self entitled clowns.
Thanks for the video.❤
Que bueno que pusieron esa mueva alvertecia ya era hora para que los caballos descansen de tanta agarradera y tanta molestia!!
10:38 "Go away, grow up" 😹
Thought it was a mountain goat! but I definitely am in favour of a sign. Perhaps if its framed in flashing lights & bells whistles someone will notice it!
People need to move when the horse gets skiddish🎊
The term is ‘Skittish’
An accident waiting to happen. What if a horse was to bolt, where was the people going to go. Sheer stupidity.
The hirse wont bolt .
@@Mrchirico6Some do.
Please put barriers around the people. Do you not need to touch the horse or the guard? Put barriers around them and keep the gates closed. Please, I'm helping out the horses.
You cannot block a public thoroughfare with any sort of barrier.
@@monicawarner4091you can,and if this nonsense doesn't stop they will
@seanbumstead1250 barriers would be dangerous for the horses and guards, if the horse spooks and comes out of its box it could be injured on a barrier.. I and many other are always putting this across
Putting a barrier there is not helping the horse, both horse and guard could be badly injured if the horse spooks and runs into the barrier.
@@seanbumstead1250 The pavement is council property not MOD so no barriers can be there permanently.
Thank you Abdullah!😊
It seems to get worse every day with these tourists, it’s a human zoo and really wonder who the animals are here,maybe soon they will restrict visiting horse guards all together. Or perhaps start charging a fee to these people, for sure there will be less conglomeration then!!!
Difficult to charge people to use a public pavement ...
Good idea. £5,000 for family of 4. No crossing the line, putting your foot on it, half in and out of it, or entering the box. Bump up the amount to £50,000 . Passports will be taken off them by the MOD Police and given back when fine paid in full. if ANYONE disobeys, ignores the guard of touches the horses.
The whole problem was caused, unfortunately, by mind-numbing incompetence and a lack of planning and initiative by the Army and the MoD Police. Not only is the pavement a public pavement but Horseguards Passage, connecting the Mall and St James's, is a public right of way during the day, although it's owned by the MoD, and a lot of locals use it as a shortcut and to go to St James's for lunch, walking, running or pushing bicycles through. I know it very well as I used to run through it every day when training for the seven bridges as i went to school near there (the City of London).
Horseguards Passage is closed briefly regularly during guard mount and dismount, and for Trooping the Colour, but usually the full width of the pavement is kept available at other times when it's closed as the horses are simply backed into their boxes (as at 12:40) and if necessary the hourly changeover is slightly delayed or early.
On this occasion there was a meeting of foreign senior officers at HQ London District, IIRC about the Remenbrance Day Parade at the Cenotaph, so the Passage and the Courtyard were closed for security reasons - you can see them leaving at the end of the video. If the horses had been backed into their boxes the full width of the pavement would have been kept available throughout so there would never have been any problem - instead not only did they remain on the pavement so the public still had to walk round them, but they carried on with the routine changeover so half the pavement was cleared by MoD Police who were totally out of their depth, forcing people to walk in the road.
Totally inexcusable and very easily avoided. My guess is that the meeting went on a couple of minutes longer than planned and that as it was a Short Guard (the King wasn't in London) there was only an NCO in charge and he didn't want to use his initiative to do anything, delaying the changeover by only two minutes, so he decided it was better to do nothing wrong by doing nothing at all, so creating a problem that should never have happened.
The whole problem was so easily avoidable, with either a little forethought and planning or a little initiative - instead the Army did neither and caused a problem that should never have happened, that could easily have led to someone being killed, leaving the MoD Police lost and leaderless. Sometimes, seeing something like this, I'm ashamed to be ex-Army.
Visitors didn't have to stand on the road, putting themselves in danger from vehicle traffic. They had choices (we are always faced with choices). They could have either stayed on pavement and stood further up or down from Horse Guards. Alternatively they could have left the site and returned a little later. I don't see the necessity for visitors to loiter at any site. Sometimes as You must surely realise people have to make choices to ensure their own and their Family's safety.
@@patriciaphillips2479 Most are tourists - they have no idea how long the gates will be closed for (as nobody told them) so they did what tourists do when gates are closed but may be opened soon - they waited.
The rest are locals using Horseguards Passageway as a shortcut between the Mall and St James'. Going the long way round, two ways, adds an hour's walk in the heat, so even if they waited half an hour it'd save time so - they waited.
Your "choices" simply aren't choices, either for safety or convenience - it was totally unnecessary and easily avoidable. Inexcusable.
@@John-G you’re a mind reader then? You know exactly what everyone on site from the highest ranking officer to the dumbest Touron is thinking and feeling? I doubt that tbh
@@John-G I disagree with your comments. We are always faced with choices. Our Family and our own safety is paramount.
The crowds are blocking a right of way, forcing pedestrians to walk alongside the traffic. They should be moved on as is the normal action for the police to take.
Horseguards Passage is also a right of way, although it can be closed briefly as it was here. The pavement is amply wide enough to avoid anyone blocking it, but the Army simply got it wrong and caused the problem instead of avoiding it happening.
Tourists go home.
What the hell are they filming! Nothing is happening.its very telling that a vlogger can produce a good standard docu-film of people filming nothing. We need legislation to allow police to confiscate phones under certain circumstances. That would thin the herd.
Poor horse is spooked. Too many prople, too much noise. Pls rope off the area stopping the folks from getting so close to the horse and guard. And still they are laughing.
I think the Palos should keep the gate closed for that. Many people that will keep it under control so and the people should not touch the horses or the guards. I mean it, I'm behind the guard all the way. Keep the gate closed where people cannot go in.They'll get trampled
The Palos?
The pavement is a public pavement. The courtyard is part of a public right of way.
Omg. How STUPID was that lady to put her baby so close. The horse was agitated. Stomping his hoof. Really?
If queen Elizabeth could see her subjects now, she would be so embarrassed to claim these idiots as her subjects!😢😮😢😮😢😮
She'd certainly be embarrased by the Army and the MoD Police and their mind-numbing incompetence here.
@@John-G 🐮💩
White Hall is busy, tourists go away.
I have just noticed the no touching horses sign.About time.
All that BRASS coming out!! Goons not BACK FAR ENOUGH!!!
How can the Guards do their job, this is all madness!!!!
Love the new sign for those who can't read English
time to take the horses in
The horses will thank you for that luanne, he forever grateful for your kindness rescuing them from these clowns. Bless you.
This is ridiculous!!! People have no respect for horses etc.
Alien Invasion! Herd em out!
I see they is a new sign and hopefully no more incident.
Instead of expecting all the people to move away from the horse, how about backing the horse into the box ... just a thought 😂
... and where's the police asking for help?
Great idea, what happens if the horse spooks and bolts out? Plus which many horses would be claustrophobic caged in as you suggest
Not even under threat of horse attack will I give up my place!
An enormous amount of people. Police asking for help. Horses are distressed. Gates to yard open. The beauty of the Kings horse’s magnificent. Why is the crowd so immense? Horse seems to be in the crowd and crazy people not moving. Soldiers in mufti on other side of the gates. Horse distressed moving into crowd while his horse guard shouts BACK. Space around horse now cleared of people as horse tries to plunge. Female soldier is calming him down. She is remaining with him. Big wigs walking out of the open gates. Change of horses taking place.
Bravo Polizei ❤❤❤
What are we waiting to see......
Mickey Mouse. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
The gates open.
Finally I see the sign says don’t touch the horse good job
What’s there to watch?
Not a thing other than people's faces that they don't know.
The horse turning around on the sidewalk cleared it if nicely!
Health and safety wouldnt allow this if they knew....if horse rushed forward...crikey,!!!!!!
How will they stop pedestrians from using a public footpath?
If you made your point instead of multiple minutes of nothing, I might watch.
Where is that marvellous female officer!! she would have sorted it out,no problem.
The way things are going at the moment and how terrorist threats are a reality, a lot of people will get hurt should this happen, its not if, its when 😢
They should tell the tourists to leave its stressful for the horses with the crowding and stop laughing at the horses
Sign should tell people to not touch the horses or guards at all. Looks as if they only ask the people to not touch the horse's head.
No sense telling something to visitors. They don't listen to anybody.
Do they think they have right to enter when they wan,t?
How should we know what they think?
Yes, that's about right for this self entitled moron's. They hate not being included in something that is none of their business. So arrogant they are.
These* what's wrong with this dumb spellchecker. Had it all types out correctly, press reply button and the change it. In another post I put Remembrance Sunday*.this idiot spellchecker changed it to Rembrants, what a bell end?
Maybe they should put fencing up in a circle around this area so that people can see but not get near the horses - they can open it up if cars need to get in. Of course the crowds are far too big - so a charge to walk thru this roadway ? Only people with passes allowed into this road ? They have to limit the mess sooner or later !
It's a public pavement. The courtyard is part of a public right of way. How many times ...
For around the 4,000th time…. Any barrier would be both impractical and downright dangerous. The MOD do not own the footpath in front of the boxes. ‘People with passes allowed on this road?!’ Do you know which road you are referring to?
I wonder.if theas people are going to by by that sign 😢
Me too😢😡🇧🇷🙏
Why don't the police tell the crowd to move on as they're clearly not going through horse guards.
The capacity standing on the footpath is ridiculous. X
Why don't they move them on nothing to see
They're waiting to get in.
The horses and troopers left boxes and walked into the yard all gates immediately closed by police. New horses and troopers in boxes.
For once, guards have a laugh
See what? People? Bye
"You have to see this" ??????? What the blank am I seeing ????? Click bait. Don't think I will watch his channel again 😢
No con LETRERO la gente NO entiende de nada sirve que lo pongan NI LAS RAYAS BLANCAS yo que no se inglés pero tengo ojos 👀 se lo significa el LETRERO yo soy de México 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 y me gusta ver a la guardia del Rey a los Príncipes William y Harry a la Princesa Kate y sus principitos son unos niños muy hermosos y antes veía a la mejor Princesa Diana la Reyna 👑 del Pueblo 🫶💖 aun que no entienda su idioma me gusta verlos 😍🥰😍🥰😍
Crowd too big. Dangerous. Magnificent black horse in far box. Soldier looks concerned. Horse going crazy in other box. Poor horse desperate crowded by stupid people who won’t give him space. Why such a big crowd. The other box horse’s.head above crowd now in crowd having a meltdown. The horse is in the crowd going crazy finally people moved back horse going crazy again trooper trying to help. She has helped. Thank You God for making the crowd move back. Very sad to see poor horse so upset. Back in box female trooper calming him. Poor animal very upset. Police moving the crowd back thank You God for the police. Crowd is stupid. Gates are open now and a whole lot of VIP’s walked out.
Were as all these people come from never seen it this busy before
What is that mob waiting for?
Well the police couldn't make them move but the horse did😅-
Although the policemen are top of the job's, they kinda didn't look to help horseman in left box. All them people around so close to the horse. If the Lady office would of been on duty, she would have it sorted, the guys are to soft, always distracted ..Zero common sense !. More and more cameras pointing at the guards waiting for a shout or something. Imagine going to work, and people just filming you all day, waiting to see of they can catch that moment. I can see it coming to an end to be honest.
It's not their job - they have other things to do.
@@John-G That's half the problem in this country, " i'm here to change a light bulb, and that's it ".. Dude, its totally there job, especially when its over crowded like it was. The guys do seem to always group together and have a good ole chinwag. There's a lady officer who's on the ball.. I hope she is a high ranking officer. It must be frustrating having to sit perfectly still for an hour, while there's a million phones on them, just waiting for some sort of mishap, day in and day out. Crazy for sure.
@@Milldog2023 "Dude", it's not their job at any time, and it's certainly not their job when they're fully occupied with a VIP visit in progress which IS their job.
They "group together" because they work in pairs - that's how they operate at Horseguards.
If the "lady officer" you're talking about had been there she'd have probably been too busy feeding the horses Polo mints . She's not a "high ranking officer" - she's a constable, the lowest rank there is.
Had the trooper on the left had a problem with the crowd around him all he had to do was back into the box - he didn't.
They don't do guard "day in, day out" - they do it roughly one day in ten to twelve.
If they find it "frustrating" they've only got themselves to blame, as it was entirely their choice to join the 1% of the Army who do this, not the 99% who don't, and he could easily have chosen to join another regiment instead. He didn't.
@@Milldog2023 The horse & Guard are allowed to move their positions. They do not have to stay still like a statue. On duty one hour a day, three days a week. Water brought out to horse & Guard. Also welfare checks.
@@John-G Okay, Well that told me. I just thought the armed police was the protection, Public safety etc etc.
Just love KARMA ❤️
Allowing this many people is a huge mistake. 🤦♀️
It was the Army's mistake - they caused the problem by leaving the horses on the pavement instead of backing them into the boxes, then closing half the pavement instead of delaying the changeover by two minutes.
@@John-G I still don't understand why this is a tourist attraction. I don't think it's safe for people from all over the world to put their hands up to the horses mouths. You never know what they have in their hands.
@@purplehearts3287 It was pushed as a tourist attraction in 1993, after the Household Cavalry had been halved - if they hadn't had this to justify themselves, all the Mounted Regiment (250 horses and 350 soldiers) would have done all year, literally, would have been the King's Birthday Parade.
Some horses like the attention and get bored without it, others don't and hate it - it's easy to leave it up to the troopers' discretion as they know the horses.
The sign is there to stop the MoD being sued, after a horse bit a Chinese tourist on 22 July and she fainted - she actually hadn't touched the horse and she wasn't even that close to it, but she was standing directly in front of the sign so should have been safe. The horse was a known 'biter' so has finally been removed from duty at Horseguards after several similar incidents.
@@John-G Yes I saw that video. Well I hope the king's horse that has retired is living his best life. 💜🐎
@@purplehearts3287 I believe three have been taken off Horseguards duties and will probably be "retired" . It's actually a myth that military (or police) horses retire and are pensioned off to a life of fun and frolicks.
A few go to the Horses' Trust, which is a public charity for old horses, now mainly older military and police horses - no government funding at all, not a penny, just donations. IIRC they've got about 140 horses.
The rest are sold off to the highest bidder, albeit vetted, to be used as hunters and hacks and at riding schools.
(Edit: these aren't "King's hoses", which are horses from the Royal Mews - also "retired" in the same way. They belong to the MoD, paid for out of the defence budget.)
Whats happening..??
Exactly...
Nothing.
Suppose to be an important visitor. They have tidied and swept the yard
Much a-do about nothing. I swear these people are brain dead.
@@caroleforshaw6287 which shows that you know nothing. The yard is always put tidy after hours
Die Kamera schwenkt langsam rüber zum Pferd und ich seh das riesige Schild in Rot durchgestrichen 😂😂😂
Ich kann nicht mehr 😂😂😂😂
Am sclimmsten ist das viele Leute bemerken den nicht!.
Ja die schaffen es ja nicht mal den Weg frei zu machen🤦♀️
@@sylta.2554 who can’t clear what way?
Secondo me , ci sono troppe persone davanti al cancello , e occupano tutto il marciapiede !! 😡❤️🇮🇹❤️👎🏻