I’m guessing in the training manual it says ‘a guardsman doesn’t stop or walk around anyone...’
The poms have a reputation for teasing and/or trying to upstage the Queen’s Guard:
STAND BACK FROM THE QUEEN’S GUARD!
A guardsman should not lower his standing to bully a woman. No excuse for it in my books.
You will notice that the action to his rifle is locked by a covered plastic shroud. Its al for show, and what he did puts the Queen’s Guard in disrepute IMHO. No chivalry or kindness. She had her back to him having her picture taken. If she had been striking at him with a scarf or something I would understand his conduct, but he was an unmensch of the first order IMHO.
Yep, the “Guard” is quite the hero among the FR crowd who have likely never experienced the illegal application of military or police force. Pure Bully. Needs a few whacks out behind the woodshed.Chances are he’s a queer who hates women.