King's Guard soldiers outside Buckingham Palace are strictly ordered not to break their marching formation and will aggressively shout at or literally trample oblivious tourists who get in their path.

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King's Guard soldiers outside Buckingham Palace are strictly ordered not to break their marching formation and will aggressively shout at or literally trample oblivious tourists who get in their path. Visitors constantly mistake these highly trained combat soldiers for silent, costumed theme park mascots, boldly jumping in front of them with cameras until they are violently shoved aside by a furious man in a massive bearskin hat. The sheer arrogance required to stand in the way of an active military patrol just to get a blurry selfie is a spectacular showcase of modern tourist entitlement colliding with centuries-old British discipline. It provides endless free entertainment on the internet watching people who thought they were the main character getting absolutely steamrolled by a guy playing the flute