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One of the royal family's living decorations fell down.

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Remember, kids, don't lock your knees ~ someone who did marching band for years.
- It was hot and he was wearing a bear on his head.
- Þe Army teaches it, too.
This idiotic thing should be a crime against humanity, because it's a crime against your "subjects".
Fucking "monarchies".
- Off with their heads.
- Military parades are hardly monarchy-specific.
I love how they are trained to not help. Good job, braindead drones.
- Lemmy ahh comment.
I hope that as we all learn to cope with climate change, they let the king's guard wear shorts. Tiny ones, like a postal worker would wear.
- Kilts.
  
  Nah don’t let the English appropriate kilts.
- Tiny ones, like a postal worker would wear.
  Daisy Dukes
  
  The hottest pants.
- I can't get the image out of my head of my postman who wears shorts in the dead of winter wearing one of the floofy hats of the palace guard on top of his normal winter work outfit
"Jeeves, have that man executed." -the queen probably
- The dead queen?
  
  That is a pretty old image. It was the Queen in the image.
Heat?
- Yes extreme heat plus those stupid outfits.
This looks like a screenshot from an early-2000s strategy game
- It's way older. This happened in the 70s or early 80s. It was at a time when Queen Elizabeth (the one on the horse) was still young enough to ride. And no, you don't get disciplined when something like this happens.
  
  Oh, I know
  
  Officially
When was this? Any context?
- It looks like it's from June 1970 during the Trooping the Colour, which was the Queen's birthday celebration.
  https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2014/may/28/passing-out-parade-trooping-of-the-colour-photography
  
  1970?! That photo looks so good for being half a century old.
Do not lock your knees.
Probably got written up for slacking off on the job too
What's up with the fake 'fros?
- They're bearskin hats. Just a tradition.
  
  Poor bears.
Is someone forcing them to do that job?
- If it works like the recruiting works the same way in the US they where probably lied to/tricked.
  
  I believe the king's guard only recruits from enlisted veterans. They also have to have been deployed to an active warzone. In those terms, it's both quite relaxed and an important position. The pomp and ceremony that visitors see is only a small part of their job.
  
  Not quite, Royal Guards typically know what they were getting into - it's a little more involved than just joining the military and being tricked into the position.
Same, mate. Same.
They're going to be forced to current that uniform as climate change worsens.
Savages..

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