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Viewers of a now-viral TikTok video are praising a soldier of the Queen's Guard after he was seen yelling at a woman who touched the reins of the horse he was on while she was posing for a photo.
Shared by @phigs_ on July 4, the video has since amassed more than five million views. You can view it here.
"Queens Guard Verbally Attacks My Step mum," read the text over the video.
In the video, the woman walked up next to a horse as a guard sat atop it.
She reached her hand out as the horse sniffed at it before she turned and began posing for a photo. The woman then moved to touch the horse's reins before the guard yelled at her.
"Stand back from the Queen's lifeguard, don't touch the reins," the guard yelled at her.
The woman jumped away when the guard shouted at her, clutching her hands near her chest or rather breasts.
"We Will Never Return To London After This Incident," read the caption of @phigs_'s video.
"Serves her right you aren't allowed to touch the guard," a viewer said.
"That's hilarious, they aren't just there for tourists," another TikTok user said.
"This is why you must know the do's and don'ts and their culture when you travel to another country," said a viewer.
Many said that the guard and the horse were working when the woman tried to take the photo.
"They are both working they're not ornaments," a commenter said.
"Attacks?! I'd have shouted louder," another viewer wrote. "They're soldiers. Doing a job."
Others said that it was dangerous for the woman to have touched the reins.
"The reins are connected to the [horse's] mouth, the most sensitive part of the [horse's] body, with all that gear on one wrong tug and it could go horribly wrong," another said. "Her fault not the guard's."
Newsweek reached out to @phigs_ for further comment.
Viewers of a now-viral TikTok video are praising a soldier of the Queen's Guard after he was seen yelling at a woman who touched the reins of the horse he was on while she was posing for a photo.
Shared by @phigs_ on July 4, the video has since amassed more than five million views. You can view it here.
"Queens Guard Verbally Attacks My Step mum," read the text over the video.
In the video, the woman walked up next to a horse as a guard sat atop it.
She reached her hand out as the horse sniffed at it before she turned and began posing for a photo. The woman then moved to touch the horse's reins before the guard yelled at her.
"Stand back from the Queen's lifeguard, don't touch the reins," the guard yelled at her.
The woman jumped away when the guard shouted at her, clutching her hands near her chest or rather breasts.
"We Will Never Return To London After This Incident," read the caption of @phigs_'s video.
TikToker Takeaways
Commenters, however, weren't very sympathetic."Serves her right you aren't allowed to touch the guard," a viewer said.
"That's hilarious, they aren't just there for tourists," another TikTok user said.
"This is why you must know the do's and don'ts and their culture when you travel to another country," said a viewer.
Many said that the guard and the horse were working when the woman tried to take the photo.
"They are both working they're not ornaments," a commenter said.
"Attacks?! I'd have shouted louder," another viewer wrote. "They're soldiers. Doing a job."
Others said that it was dangerous for the woman to have touched the reins.
"The reins are connected to the [horse's] mouth, the most sensitive part of the [horse's] body, with all that gear on one wrong tug and it could go horribly wrong," another said. "Her fault not the guard's."
Newsweek reached out to @phigs_ for further comment.
