I'm shocked at this picture in the news..

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A Queen's guard being given water. Can you imagine wearing a wool jacket & bearskin hat in this heat? This uniform needs rethinking for extreme heat.

How do they all not get heat stroke!?

I can’t imagine they would have the energy to protect themselves let alone the royal household should the need arise, they probably have heat exhaustion.

Soldiers carrying 30kg packs in the heat in Afghanistan not including their gun, but that's not such a good headline as slatting the royal family. Do people only care about the heat when it's about the royals?

These soldiers knew what they were signing up for when they joined that regiment.

Bloody outrageous!
Inhumane.
If I was Queen, I’d absolutely have a summer uniform for Guards and no heavy bearskin.
I really feel for the Guards having to parade and stand upright in this heat in sweaty wool Uniforms and bearskins.

It does seem unnecessary, they could wear hot weather uniforms, I'm sure they must have such things.
When I was taken to see the changing of the guard when I was a kid, there wasn't a bearskin or red coat in sight because they had Ghurkas on duty.

Soldiers carrying 30kg packs in the heat in Afghanistan not including their gun, but that's not such a good headline as slatting the royal family

Yeah. That's the same thing that's being discussed about this photo. 🙄

Just stupid. YANBU.

Sadly it is real bear 🐻 pelt.

That looks staged to me. Why would it be ok for him to have water given to him like this but not ok to drink it himself.

But it is the same. There have been pictures for years of soldiers with all their kit in Afghanistan in 45 degree heat and I have never seem a post on it. One photo of a guard outside the Palace and everyone says how disgusting it is. What is the difference? The only one I can see is people get to slate the royal family in this one.

Maybe I get pissy about it as I have had a family member do 3 tours of Afghanistan and he lost some good friends out there. But there is no difference at all in my eyes.

@oviraptor21 you do realise that extreme heat is far more dangerous than extreme cold?

Yeah but police would still have to wear some sort of uniform otherwise how would you recognise them. And plus they have to wear a stab proof vest etc.

The difference is in afghan they're mostly wearing protective equipment which is hot as hell but saves lives... That outfit is just hot.

They get the bearskins from culls these days apparently, the bears are killed regardless. Unfortunately they're seen as a bit of a pest in parts of Canada, like the local equivalent of badgers.

YANBU.

I've had a change of heart and want to see a president repressing the Uk rather than the royal family. There was something in the news about a picture of Andres that could shake the monarchy. Enough of this archaic institution.

Decolonise and transform it all.

But it is the same. There have been pictures for years of soldiers with all their kit in Afghanistan in 45 degree heat and I have never seem a post on it. One photo of a guard outside the Palace and everyone says how disgusting it is. What is the difference?

One soldier is doing something useful and relevant to his training/job. The other is being used as a tourist prop for an appallingly outdated, utterly irrelevant-to-modern-life institution.

This photo illustrates the ludicrousness of the guard and the 'rules' that they have to observe. A photograph of a solider in Afghanistan would have a completely different context.

One is mad. The other isn't.

That's the difference.

I’m more shocked that he’s not holding the water bottle on his own. Wtf?

I’m wondering about this too

*want to see a president repressing the Uk 😂😁
oops, representing that is

Unfortunately it is real. There was a petition recently about it and it was due to be debated in parliament a couple of weeks ago, I’m sure nothing will change though.

Apparently they have bags of ice inside their hats

surely thats the responsibility of the Army when they should wear a lighter uniform ? i cant see its the queens role le at all .But any chance to get at the Royal family gratefully accepted on here from the first comment !!

Yup, it's a joke.

Just throw away the whole monarchy.

Perhaps then we can start healing our emergency services which are on their knees.....

Rant over.

I agree. There are reasons for others to be wearing heavy and uncomfortable clothes - doctors in scrubs and PPE etc - but him wearing that benefits nobody.

The discipline is amazing. Hats off to them.

It's totally irresponsible...imagine dying of heatstroke because of tradition and because it "brings in tourist revenue"