Royal guard video kicking child in the way

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I wasn't born and raised in the UK and am not into the culture of 'tradition' but I don't understand the majority of reactions to this video blaming the parent and saying of the guards 'it's their job'.

Can anyone more enlightened explain to me why this was necessary? As far as I can see the guard is marching, not saving London from attack. I don't see why a side-step wouldn't work. And if this is a register thing then maybe future control of how close members of the public are able to get in their path

www.indy100.com/viral/queen-royal-guard-trampled-kid-tiktok-video-b1983965

Looks like the rest of the child's family were right next to them as a lady immediately checks up on them and they don't seem badly hurt. Presumably the relative wouldn't have shared the video with a jovial caption if the family felt like the child was the target of an attack by the guard. Hopefully the kid has now learnt not to respect the personal space of other people (assuming he was aware that the guard was approaching). Complete non story.

Parents responsibility to keep their child under control. You see loads of examples of this type of thing.

Signs and warnings given, please don't stick your fingers in the rabbit cage, little Johnny sticks his fingers in the cage and gets bitten and it's the rabbits/pet shops fault. Kid steps out in the road, cyclist ploughs into him and it's the cyclists fault. Kid steps out in front of marching soldier and gets knocked over it's the soldiers fault. To many parents ready to blame anyone else but their own child or their own parenting. Your children your responsibility to keep them under control and safe. Maybe the parents attention was on their mobile phone not their child.

Moronic logic.
This is in incredibly offensive and disablist term.

Some posters on here have never travelled, I think. The UK is one of the most liberal places, can you imagine crossing an armed soldier in Turkey, Israel, Russia, China or even some European countries?

The family lost sight of the kids, it's not Disneyland and the kid hopefully learned a valuable lesson.

The Guard yelled a warning but still the child thought it was ok to stand there. The Guards are not a Disney tourist attraction and warnings are given to stay out of their path, they are trained not to deviate.

Agree to previous, kids wasnt kicked, he got in the way and fell over, soldier stepped over him.
Parents to blame.

You really should know better as parents than to allow your DC to stray when in the company of soldiers doing their job for Queen and country! And most 7 to 9 year old children would be totally in awe (if not scared) of seeing soldiers marching with their guns and not just stand in their path.

That one child could potentially have caused mayhem and diverted attention from someone who posed a real threat.

And do you think it's so very different in countries with presidents rather than a monarch?

No problem with Arlington. Just I imagine that people getting in the way of the guards there wouldn't attract as much of your ire.

If you visit London you soon learn that you stand were it's the norm to do so, especially on underground escalators. You get shoved out of the way if you dally in the underground.
The position of the people meant that there was nowhere to step to. The young girl has to jump out of the soldiers path and every carer should have been paying attention.

"If a child stepped in front of your car would you try to swerve?"
Not if it meant swerving into four people instead of one. That was the choice.

@Lockheart

They didn't kick him, they collided with him as he was in the way and then stepped over him in order to avoid stepping on him.

They can't get distracted by people trying to block their paths or get them to stop, they're armed soldiers on duty, not decorative baubles.

Excellent post

Don't think I've ever seen such a fuss over nothing. If it had been my child I would have told him if for getting in the way. It's quite clear they're marching - even if they were just walking it would have been hard to avoid him.

People are so feeble these days.

If they are working professional soldiers why the ridiculous get up. Could they really fight of attackers wearing that get up and bearskin helmet? I’m appalled by this video what if it had been a toddler or a two year old they could have been seriously hurt. The soldier was an a hole and a bully.

They're not "normal people" though, are they? A "normal" person doesn't deliberately trample on a kid

Neither did the soldier! I'm starting to think you didn't actually watch the video properly or watched it and projected what you thought happened onto what actually happened. He absolutely doesn't trample him, in fact he tries to take a stride over him.

I think he did try to deviate.

As he approaches the child, the child is looking right at him so I think he expected the child to move. As he got closer and and it became apparent this wasn't going to happen, he tries to move one way, then the other - each time this is matched by the child doing the same. They are micro gestures on both sides.

They then essentially run our of time and collide, the child falls to the ground and the guard lifts his leg up high to prevent kicking him/step over him.

I think eloquent arguments could be made on either side of this, tbh and if it's true the guard immediately went back to check the child was ok, that would lend a different view again.

But the hypobol and emotive language used in some previous posts is weaking that argument (on both sides). Bringing in Tiananmen Square footage is frankly the pinnacle of this.

The parents are neither fuckwits, nor the child stupid but nor is the guard brutal and he doesn't kick or trample anyone.

'Two people collide' is not a massive deal. The guard could have stopped, the child could have stood out the way as instructed at the start. Neither did and, ultimately, little harm was done.

A bully ffs 🙄
His parents were to blame. And I'd fully expect a 2 year old to have their hand held in a crowd like that.

Is there equivalent footage of the guards at Arlington or the Vatican etc knocking over a child rather than deviate by one step to avoid collision?

If they are working professional soldiers why the ridiculous get up. Could they really fight of attackers wearing that get up and bearskin helmet? I’m appalled by this video what if it had been a toddler or a two year old they could have been seriously hurt. The soldier was an a hole and a bully.

If you haven't got control over a two year old or a toddler on a day out in a busy city then you should stay at home (for everyone's safety). It isn't kiddies soft play.

I have absolutely no sympathy. Check all the videos of cheeky little fuckers goading the guards before they eventually react.

The kid should t have been stood in the way and his mother should have been paying attention to what was going on and not let him stand in their way.

Don’t mess with the armed forces. The weapons are loaded. They should be respected not taken for a joke, goaded and got in the way of.

At least you're honest about hating royalty and the military.

Yeah i do hate the royals. So what? Theyre currently harbouring Andrew, they own vast tracts of the uk, and make shitloads of money of it and they cost us a fucking fortune. All by an accident of birth. They haven't earned any of it. Turning up to events and waving isn't a job. And i don't much like the aspects of the military where people get paid to parade around in stupid impractical uniforms knocking over children. That's not about defence or security. That's about shoring up the royal family as a tourist attraction.

Responsibility for children rests with the parents. If you can't control your children in places that require them to behave in a suitable manner for the surroundings, they shouldn't be there. The child was not too young not to know better! And if he had 'form', his parents should have been keeping a much closer eye on him.

The whole world doesn't need to be child friendly and safe. It's the job of parents to stop their child putting themselves in harms way when out and about in a busy city. Or am I missing something?
I love how people from all over the world want to come and visit (that's why I loved here!) But London is a real town where people live and work. It's not a theme park.

The mum probably didn't realise it as it looks like it happened within seconds. It happens. Parents don't always see everything every second of everyday.

Give over, you can hear them coming a mile off. Not like they are silent. It's good practice to keep kids out of the way of anyone fast marching (loudly) with loaded weapons. Would you watch police marching down the road in riot gear and think it's ok to let you child just go and play in their path or would you make sure they were well clear?

It's a stupid tradition at this point. They should have a routine/conditions where they ARE allowed to stop, mark time/march on the spot till whatever it is has been dealt with.

At this point terrorist or other attacks are more likely than ever. They cannot afford to be distracted.

DC are forces cadets, and even then they are taught to never stop parade/marching, whatever happens.

You can't change the rules for different scenarios, they are trained for one action. How do they know it's just a child getting in the way? It could be a suicide bomber, a distraction, terrorism...

@DarlingHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Moronic logic. This is in incredibly offensive and disablist term.

Some posters on here have never travelled, I think. The UK is one of the most liberal places, can you imagine crossing an armed soldier in Turkey, Israel, Russia, China or even some European countries?

The family lost sight of the kids, it's not Disneyland and the kid hopefully learned a valuable lesson.

Sorry to nitpick, I agree about the kid. But the poster mean no offence with 'moron'. It's just another version of stupid/idiotic. (Unless it's said to someone with a mental/intellectual disability, then it is ofc)

While I agree parents can't always be watching their children, surely the one time you do is when you have entire parade of armed soldiers coming towards you I don't think a moment's inattentiveness really washes here.

Agree to previous, kids wasnt kicked, he got in the way and fell over, soldier stepped over him

He just fell over did he?

Funny the lengths people will go to to justify things when it's done by someone "doing their job for Queen and country".