Bystander, 24, who captured 'American' tourists 'ridiculing' King's Guard slams 'disrespectful' visitors who 'don't understand they are fully trained soldiers with a job to do'

A bystander who filmed tourists 'ridiculing' a King's Guard before a police officer intervened has slammed the group for being 'disrespectful' towards the British Army. 

Kallum, 24, posted footage on TikTok showing the tourists, believed to be American, shouting and laughing at the guard in Central London as they tried to engage with him. 

The tourists have their phones out to film the uniformed guard and capture each other laughing before they start screaming when they think they have guessed his name. 

An officer then swoops in to discuss the matter with the guard before warning the group to stop.

Speaking about the uncomfortable ordeal, Kallum told Forces News: 'I think it's very disrespectful to come here from abroad and do things like this to people who serve in the British Army.

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An officer swoops in to discuss the matter with the guard before warning the group to stop

Footage posted on TikTok shows the tourists, believed to be American, shouting and laughing at the guard in Central London as they appear to try to get him to engage with them

'I don't think they understand these are fully trained soldiers who have a job to do.'

Kallum, from Hull, was visiting London when he witnessed the incident, and said the police officer 'responded very well and was very direct on what he thought of them and asked them to leave straight away'. 

The police officer told the tourists: 'These soldiers serve their country, they take their job seriously, they are responsible for protecting this facility, they are not an object of ridicule,' he tells the tourists.  

'I appreciate you're having fun, he's not having fun, he's got a long day, he has a lot of hours he's got to do. It is tiring, exhausting, and you take the p*** out of him. 

'We do not appreciate that. I will ask you to leave the facility.' 

Viewers of the video were quick to praise the police officer, with one writing: 'Officer handled this like a champ.'

Another added: 'Well done to that police officer.'

It comes after a tourist was slammed by a King's Guard after venturing too close to his horse last year.

In the video, people can be seen clamoring around a mounted guard on Horse Guard's parade. 

Multiple nervous tourists are seen approaching the mounted pair, respecting their distance and posing for smiling photographs. 

Some are seen laying hands on the enormous horse's flanks which the mounted guard graciously allows. 

However, one tourist overstepped the limit, and in the process of trying to touch the horse tampered with the reins causing the King's Guard to bellow: 'Do not touch the reins!' 

One tourist overstepped the limit, and in the process of trying to touch the horse tampered with the reins

This caused the King's Guard to bellow: 'Do not touch the reins!'

Clearly in a state of shock, the tourist backs away from the horse raising a hand in apology as he does so while the crowd chatter nervously.

And just a few months earlier a video was shared online of a blonde woman standing in the guard's way at the Horse Guards Parade before he 'pushes' her out the way. 

The woman, who was holding a blue can of Pringles, was seen standing very close to one of the mounted guards, while other bystanders gave the guards more room by standing further away.

Despite the King's guard on foot asking the woman to step back when he first passed her to salute his fellow guards, she stepped even closer to the agitated horse of the mounted guard.

And when the same guard later walked back towards the gates, the woman moved right into his path. He shouted 'make way' and used his arm to move the woman out of his path, which left her furious.

But despite videos often showing the Kings' Guard upholding their duties, there have been moments when they break protocol to make someone's day. 

An elderly military veteran was treated to the friendlier side of a member of the King's Life Guard last July when the soldier moved closer to her as she posed for a photo with her husband. 

A video posted on social media shows the couple - both of whom were proudly displaying their medals - moving as close as they dare to the mounted soldier.

But, having apparently realised they have both served their country, the soldier, who is wearing his customary plumed helmet and armour, quickly urges his horse closer to them before allowing the woman to pat his steed's nose.

In a separate incident a blonde woman was seen standing in a guard's way at the Horse Guards Parade 

He shouted 'make way' and used his arm to move the woman out of his path, which left her furious

An elderly military veteran was treated to the friendlier side of a member of the King's Life Guard when the soldier moved closer to her and allowed the woman to pat his horse's nose

Beaming, the couple then move away and the soldier directs his horse back into position.

In another show of kindness in the same month, a member of the King's Guard won praise after going out of his way to make a young man with Down's syndrome feel comfortable. 

A video of Mike van Erp, 50, better known by his YouTube name CyclingMikey, and the youngster posing for a photo at Buckingham Palace has caused a stir after being shared on YouTube.

Footage shows how a kind-hearted member of the Guard moved closer to Mike and the boy who were trying to get a photo to remember their trip to Horse Guards Parade by.

Taking to Twitter to post about their day out, Mike who is a professional carer explained: 'I've worked for his family and him for a decade now. 

'We were out on a cycle ride on my tandem bicycle and stopped by the Horse Guards Parade.'

He admitted that 'both I and the young lad' got a bit of a scare 'when he stepped closer to us' because it was so unexpected, adding: 'This left me with tears in my eyes for a few evenings.'

A member of the King's Guard won praise after going out of his way to make a young man with Down's syndrome feel comfortable after moving closer to him as he posed for a photo

After Twitter users initially thought that Mike was the boy's father, he clarified: 'I'm also not his dad, although I'd be proud to be.'

'I'm very grateful to the soldier,' he continued. 'I'm lucky I had good parents and went to a Jesuit school that cared about me and taught me well, same for the young lad I'm with. Tears in my eyes.'

The King's Guards are posted for public duties outside Buckingham and St James's Palaces, and at Horse Guards on Whitehall.

Although their role is mostly ceremonial, they are part of the British Army's Household Division and patrol the palaces, guarding the sovereign at night.

A sign next to the guard warns onlookers that horses may kick or bite, telling them not to touch the reins.

Should these rules be disobeyed they have been known to respond aggressively, so seriously do they take their duties, but there are occasions when the human sides of the guards come out. 

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