Speaking of Belgium my dad was a medic in WWII. I remember he had on the wall an award document from the governing council of Antwerp in appreciation. But otherwise he didnt speak much of those years. To be sure he saw many horrors. He passed at 92 in 2002🙏
My dad was a medic in the 5th Army and he went from North Africa to Sicily, Italy, and ended up in Monaco at the end of the war. He never talked about his war experiences either.
This is very nice to look at . The Belgium soldiers was a good presence. They attracted some attention. Nice to see most in this video were well behaved. What a surprise! This is most pleasant respectfully to the Royal Guards and the great looking Horse. God bless. This message from Australia.👍🇭🇲🦘✌️
It would have been a nice gesture of the Belgian soldiers would fall in line and saluted the guard they took pictures of. Just a form of respect from one soldier to another one.
People laugh when they yell step back but what they don't understand is that guard will not stop, walk around or jump over you. He will walk through you. Remember these young men are British soldiers who have most likely seen combat at one time or another.
That is some of the best PR a Nato signatory country could get. Those soldiers are representing Belgium and for them to take time out of their site seeing to take pictures with people is just fantastic. Not all soldiers are mindless brutes these are the best that Belgium has and My hats off to them
Such esplendid horse companions these soldiers have! They're pretty and seem well fed! Thanks for this good work, holding traditions is quite hard in this day and age. My family was there in the past and i hope to visit soon, maybe next year. God bless you all!
FYI: They are actually still candidate NCO's from the Belgian Royal School for non-commissioned officers known as Saffraanberg. All components there: Army, Air Force and Navy.
At one point they got more attention than the English guards and that could not be the intention, the Belgian soldiers felt a bit uncomfortable with that. Hence, they left quickly after a few photos. Historically, there has almost always been a very good relationship between England and Belgium. Despite the fact that the Counts of Flanders had to answer to the French kings, they were usually inclined to form an alliance with England.
Looks like we got Belgian (Flemish) NCOs who probably came for the military parade in Londen for the commemoration for the British soldiers who died in WW1.
I honestly would hate to have to do that job. You're trying to honor and represent your Nation as a guard, believing in the honor and value of all the long standing traditions for your regiment. But in reality you are thrown into the crowd as a tourist attraction and you know 80% of the people see you as a cute relic and instagram opportunity... It must be a great moment, when fellow soldiers come along that appreciate and understand though.
it would do your head in very quickly. Containing yourself from making sarcastic remarks is the worst. And figuring out where you would hide the bodies if you could have your way. That is all stressful. They are there to guard the place... not joke with tourists and being pleasant to the idiot ones. If you have ever been in uniform you will know that it has a magnetic quality to idiots. This is allowed in this case as it is a hugely popular tourist attraction and makes some money for the nation.
Good looking and quite sexy as well!! Hope they get to read some of these messages, and realise they are well respected by most people, apart from the numbskulls that have ponytails coming out of their ears?? And a stupid hat, they have nothing better to do apart from mock our highly respected armed forces, they need to think back and see who helped their fathers and grandfathers, we didn’t go round making fun of them…… grrrrrr it really gets to me. Carry on guys and gals you are all amazing.
there will be a book of protocol involving saluting an inch thick; and most service staff know the important and common day to day regulations regarding saluting. This situation gets complex service members from different countries, were they there officially as part of an invited foreign delegation, were they filling in a couple of hours unofficially between their other duties in London, so do they go formal and salute, if they are there in an unofficial capacity? They thought is was probably better to forget it.... and they were most likely to be correct
I was hoping the Belgan King's Guard woul be allowed to enter. That is thought provoking. I do not object; I also see that the disrespect was not violent by the Guard.
I believe the court area inside the gate is non smoking area! It just appears that the Belgium soldiers are not in very good discipline although friendly!
Pour info c'est le belgium cénotaphe parade le Gard se met au garde-vous pour honorer les soldats belges mort au champ d'honneur et salue la memoire du roi Albert 1
Este es un comentario grotesco, usted es el único que hace este tipo de reflexiones, todos los demás comentarios saludan la gran complicidad histórica entre los soldados ingleses y belgas. Les recuerdo que los cementerios británicos más grandes están en Bélgica.
@@michelwolfs2273 al reves, los grotescos, son los belgas que no saludan, y tambien lo son grotescos los que apoyan esa falta de educación. Se ve cuando te saludan, no devolves el saludo, eso habla de tu educación.
I watched a replay of the Falklands war and the BBC told the Argentines that mount longdown had been taken befor it had happened thus warning them of what was going to happen in advance.
@@stevefairbanks835 , she came out of number 10 and said that Goose Green had been taken before the battle had started , the colonel said he was going to have serious words with her when he got back , sadly he died in the attack at Goose Green
Aan die Belgische militairen... Was er een reden, dat jullie in die outfit londen gingen bezichtigen? Waarom niet gewoon in burgerkleding? (Jammer dat die vorige, groene cammo weg is. Dat was de mooiste oufit die er was)
King's guard UA-cam channels have a primary goal of gaining viewership at the expense of disparaging foreigners over some perceived slight. Once in a while, they actually post content that does not disparage tourists. This appears to be one such post. The channel author sets the tone by creating a thumbnail and title that drives the narrative, and 90% of the commenters, like lemmings charging off a cliff into the ocean, follow this narrative ... And then there's you.
Smoking in uniform???? Even if he doesn’t care about his lungs, he’s representing his country ….. 1914-1918 … did they bring us any chocolate as a guft?!
@MIRANDAFONSO a salute has to be returned. So you should not salute a soldier that is under orders not to move. So yes, all the us-presidents that salute marines when they enter or leave their helicopter are wrong. Serious breach of protocol.
Surprised they did not pull the horse and replace it as it is clear it was in distress of some sort based on how it was acting. BIT could have been lodged odd or something else caught pinching in that area.
No disrespect meant but those Belgians were all sergeants so maybe the guard should have saluted them? :-) But to be fair, the white ribbon under their rank identifies them as candidate career NCO's from Belgium's NCO school in Saffraanberg, Belgium. As long as they wear that ribbon they are candidates and lower ranks do not have to salute them. They themselves only have to salute higher ranks from sergeant and up and i am sure they would have done so if the guard was wearing rank insignia.
At 2:48 one of them asked " zouden die echt teruggroeten? " which means would they really salute back to us They weren’t sure if they were allowed to salute to them, and the guards vice versa
Well, as a retired Major I would be shocked if I had the misfortune to command the Belgian soldiers, they looked rather slovenly and some were smoking. When they loosely formed for the photograph they did not seem to respond nor even notice the Guard come to attention and give them the salute of the sword. When I was In London, at South Africa House, if I had occasion to walk down Whitehall I always saluted the mounted Guard and received the response smartly from them. If I was in civilian clothes I always raised my hat in salute and again received their response.
Pour faire une photo, on est bon. Mais le respect du garde derriere qui se met au garde a vous pour la photo et se remet fix apres... aucuns des jeunes belges n'a calculé. et aucun signe de respect, juste une photo, l'armée belge dans toute sa splendeur.. Des touristes qui prennent des photos...
Speaking of Belgium my dad was a medic in WWII. I remember he had on the wall an award document from the governing council of Antwerp in appreciation. But otherwise he didnt speak much of those years. To be sure he saw many horrors. He passed at 92 in 2002🙏
My dad was a medic in the 5th Army and he went from North Africa to Sicily, Italy, and ended up in Monaco at the end of the war. He never talked about his war experiences either.
@@bobdickerson3434 🙏
I live in Antwerp...the lads had a tough time in and around Antwerp which was bitterly fought for
@@stevedavis7555 🙏🙏🙏🙏
God bless all our veterans. 🙏
These Belgian Soldiers have comported themselves honorably and given a very high mark to the Belgian military. Well done boys.
The Belgians are an honourable people who have pride in their nation. Good luck to them.
Those guys speak flamish only ? 😂😂😂
King's guards and horses deserve respect at all times..
Nice to see our European military here. We have to stand together. Have a great stay boys. ❤❤
Fantastic when the Guard came to Attention for that photo with the Belgians. Absolutely wonderful.
Our guards and horses are brilliantly turned out and a pride to our country
Showing you're colors and pride, nice to see for a change. Long live the King!
This is very nice to look at . The Belgium soldiers was a good presence. They attracted some attention. Nice to see most in this video were well behaved. What a surprise! This is most pleasant respectfully to the Royal Guards and the great looking Horse. God bless. This message from Australia.👍🇭🇲🦘✌️
WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF YOU HAD WRITTEN YOUR COMMENT IN ENGLISH THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND.
@Rob-t4z7x What me? What did I say wrong? 😲😮😯🤫🤔⁉️
It would have been a nice gesture of the Belgian soldiers would fall in line and saluted the guard they took pictures of. Just a form of respect from one soldier to another one.
Wonderful picture of Brothers in Arms. Thank you. The comments and replies are heart-breaking.
People laugh when they yell step back but what they don't understand is that guard will not stop, walk around or jump over you. He will walk through you. Remember these young men are British soldiers who have most likely seen combat at one time or another.
That is some of the best PR a Nato signatory country could get. Those soldiers are representing Belgium and for them to take time out of their site seeing to take pictures with people is just fantastic. Not all soldiers are mindless brutes these are the best that Belgium has and My hats off to them
A good soldier is fighting not because he hates what is in front of him, but because what he left behind.
screw nato.
What lovely soldiers. Friendly and polite.
wow, what a handsome soldiers from Belgium....wawawawow♥
Agree
How wonderful!! My mother’s and father’s parents both immigrated to the US from Belgium.
God Bless the defenders of freedom around the world
Love this no matter where you are people respect and want to be seen with fighting men
Such esplendid horse companions these soldiers have! They're pretty and seem well fed! Thanks for this good work, holding traditions is quite hard in this day and age. My family was there in the past and i hope to visit soon, maybe next year. God bless you all!
When tourists become the attraction. Great stuff!
Respect give and received.
The common values of soldiers, regardless of nationality.
God Bless him .
I love how he nods his head….like saying ok all finished😂
FYI: They are actually still candidate NCO's from the Belgian Royal School for non-commissioned officers known as Saffraanberg. All components there: Army, Air Force and Navy.
I don 't see the green nor the blue " badge " upfront their hat to prove they come from the NCO school
Soldiers will always respect soldiers. US Army retired.
Kings guards are the most photographed people on earth..
Great to see solidarity.
At one point they got more attention than the English guards and that could not be the intention, the Belgian soldiers felt a bit uncomfortable with that. Hence, they left quickly after a few photos. Historically, there has almost always been a very good relationship between England and Belgium. Despite the fact that the Counts of Flanders had to answer to the French kings, they were usually inclined to form an alliance with England.
These are students, Petty officers, in training from air force school saffraanberg
It's a joint school now. There a student's from all components and all ranks now. These where indeed student NCO's.
@@MarkTilburgs , i Knox my son will start there next month.
@@jethda i was a student there for 4 years in the nineties .
@@MarkTilburgs hij start als kandidaat officier, daar hij zijn bachelor al heeft, is daarna voorzien voor bataljon bevrijding
@@jethda ik heb daar als onderofficier gestudeerd gespecialiseerd in hoogfrequentie technieken (toen radio/radar genoemd). Good luck 🤞
Awesome!, the Queen would have been proud, my goodness I miss her
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣omg brainwashed🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@dimrrider9133 Omg just ignorant..
@@margaretflounders8510 diddy epstein royals hahaha
Looks like we got Belgian (Flemish) NCOs who probably came for the military parade in Londen for the commemoration for the British soldiers who died in WW1.
People are idiots don´t they realise horses are big and powerful creatures.
Really handsome, those Belgians.
I honestly would hate to have to do that job. You're trying to honor and represent your Nation as a guard, believing in the honor and value of all the long standing traditions for your regiment. But in reality you are thrown into the crowd as a tourist attraction and you know 80% of the people see you as a cute relic and instagram opportunity... It must be a great moment, when fellow soldiers come along that appreciate and understand though.
it would do your head in very quickly. Containing yourself from making sarcastic remarks is the worst. And figuring out where you would hide the bodies if you could have your way. That is all stressful.
They are there to guard the place... not joke with tourists and being pleasant to the idiot ones. If you have ever been in uniform you will know that it has a magnetic quality to idiots.
This is allowed in this case as it is a hugely popular tourist attraction and makes some money for the nation.
They all so handsome ❤
Young Tourists Witness a Historic Heart Warming Moment Belgian Soldiers Pay King's Guards Visit
Did any of the cadets ask for permission and I didn't see any say thank you after they had took their photos !!!!!
They don't need permission.@@lawrenceglaister4364
Awe that trooper in the archway is really good looking ❤
Creep
@@davebrown9707 she couldn't look more slack if she tried!!!
Good looking and quite sexy as well!! Hope they get to read some of these messages, and realise they are well respected by most people, apart from the numbskulls that have ponytails coming out of their ears?? And a stupid hat, they have nothing better to do apart from mock our highly respected armed forces, they need to think back and see who helped their fathers and grandfathers, we didn’t go round making fun of them…… grrrrrr it really gets to me. Carry on guys and gals you are all amazing.
At least one of them could have given the horseman a salute...After all, both sides are military
You can hear the Belgians discuss saluting in Flemish. They were wondering what to do, not sure the guard was allowed to salute back...
Why would you salute a private? A simple thank you would suffice.
Exactly...One no, all yes.
there will be a book of protocol involving saluting an inch thick; and most service staff know the important and common day to day regulations regarding saluting. This situation gets complex service members from different countries, were they there officially as part of an invited foreign delegation, were they filling in a couple of hours unofficially between their other duties in London, so do they go formal and salute, if they are there in an unofficial capacity? They thought is was probably better to forget it.... and they were most likely to be correct
Awesome
They need to have a barrier between the horses and crowd. A simple stall guard across the opening of the gate
They have put a White line round now
Young Tourists Witness a Historic Heart Warming Moment Belgian Soldiers Pay King's Guards Visit
4:05 til 4:36 : Even tourists become tourist attractions.
Fun fact, when he puts his sword in an up right angle it is their way of saluting!
How stupid to zoom in on the name tags of the soldiers! 😡
We're kind of cousins after all, we have the same royal family. Windsor used to be called Saxe-Cobourg before WW1 but it sounded "too German".
Scratch a Windsor and you'll find a German. Queen Mary would call Queen Elizabeth's husband (Duke of Edinborough) "That bloody Hun!"
They were all family, intresting fact even during ww2 they fought against each other. Some joined (bc they were german) the Whermacht.
I would cry too if I saw a belgian... ☹
Education must be illegal in your 3rd world country
What happens? You guys made a spectacular header but, come on.... don't overdo it. Nothing special happened!
I was hoping the Belgan King's Guard woul be allowed to enter. That is thought provoking. I do not object; I also see that the disrespect was not violent by the Guard.
GO BELGIË
Waoo moment 🌹🌹
I believe the court area inside the gate is non smoking area! It just appears that the Belgium soldiers are not in very good discipline although friendly!
Typical of Belgians smoking always a very traditional thing out here 😢lack of respect !
I found it very poor
People having no respekt for this royal guards they should what difficult training they have and they do anything to protect the royal family
I didn’t know the Belgians changed their uniform’s camo. Nice.
They changed last year. And about twenty years ago they changed their british inspired service dress for an American one. Unfortunately
Allies. Very cool.
Interesting, the Belgian troops seem to have changed their camouflage uniforms.
i believe they are air force ground personnel
@@jimloontiens9275they are aircraft technicians, the whole belgian army has changed its camo to multicam about a year ago 😊
@@jimloontiens9275 As far as I can make out they are all trainee officers of the Air Component at the Royal Military College (Belgium).
where were they ? I couldn't see them
@@marcushull12 Having their picture taken with the trooper.
Those are not just any Belgian soldiers. They are elite: Flemish!
Greetings from The Netherlands
Always nice to see my cousins.
Tbh a salute ti the King's guard wouldn't have been out of place. Allies and all.
At 6:15 you can hear the guard deepest sigh from here. He was so tensed with those girls, I wonder why? 😊
They use to women being around..
3:39 the police guards always keep their hand on their weapon ready for any crazy crap going down ......
Estos soldados belgas son dormilones, el guardia real los saludo con taconazo al piso, y los otros no devolvieron el saludo, ni se dieron cuenta.
Pour info c'est le belgium cénotaphe parade le Gard se met au garde-vous pour honorer les soldats belges mort au champ d'honneur et salue la memoire du roi Albert 1
Este es un comentario grotesco, usted es el único que hace este tipo de reflexiones, todos los demás comentarios saludan la gran complicidad histórica entre los soldados ingleses y belgas. Les recuerdo que los cementerios británicos más grandes están en Bélgica.
@@michelwolfs2273 al reves, los grotescos, son los belgas que no saludan, y tambien lo son grotescos los que apoyan esa falta de educación.
Se ve cuando te saludan, no devolves el saludo, eso habla de tu educación.
Why do all those scruffy people just hang about looking at bare walls after seeing our wonderful Guards.!!!
The guard looks like he's 15.
I watched a replay of the Falklands war and the BBC told the Argentines that mount longdown had been taken befor it had happened thus warning them of what was going to happen in advance.
And your point is?
I believe that was Thatcher announcing that and relayed by the BBC
@@stevefairbanks835 , she came out of number 10 and said that Goose Green had been taken before the battle had started , the colonel said he was going to have serious words with her when he got back , sadly he died in the attack at Goose Green
Cracking girlfriend taking the photo 📸!
So what does the step or stomp mean?
Aan die Belgische militairen... Was er een reden, dat jullie in die outfit londen gingen bezichtigen? Waarom niet gewoon in burgerkleding? (Jammer dat die vorige, groene cammo weg is. Dat was de mooiste oufit die er was)
did i see at 7:52 who clean the chrome when tourist make it dirty ???? (when the are on duty !)
Я не увидел, как они поприветствовали его! Сначала приветствует- потом фото. Они посчитали , что круче?
Did they say "thank you" to the guard after the snapshot was taken?
Yes they did
They did...
Wau ❤ 💪💪🇫🇮
WHY IS THAT GUARD LETTING PEOPLE TOUCH THE REINS AND PET THE HORSE?
Is that a rhetorical question, if not then you should ask the soldier yourself?
King's guard UA-cam channels have a primary goal of gaining viewership at the expense of disparaging foreigners over some perceived slight. Once in a while, they actually post content that does not disparage tourists. This appears to be one such post.
The channel author sets the tone by creating a thumbnail and title that drives the narrative, and 90% of the commenters, like lemmings charging off a cliff into the ocean, follow this narrative ... And then there's you.
People are allowed to touch the horse. Some guards overlook people touching the reins or don’t notice
Caps lock
Think it's old vid as sign now that's says don't touch horses and white box around guard box
Die Pralinen extra angekommen!!
Your not meant to smoke hat on in any army I'm sure . Big big Trouble if I'm through British army
I also, don't know why people are allowed to touch the horses; this is completely unnecessary and causes some people to be very disrespectful!
Smoking in uniform???? Even if he doesn’t care about his lungs, he’s representing his country ….. 1914-1918 … did they bring us any chocolate as a guft?!
le respect aurait voulu qu'ils le saluent
Rien a voir avec le respect ils sont là en temps que touristes et non officiellement.
she blinked out of order
Why didn't they salute the King's Guard? King Philippe of Belgium, regret.
@MIRANDAFONSO a salute has to be returned. So you should not salute a soldier that is under orders not to move. So yes, all the us-presidents that salute marines when they enter or leave their helicopter are wrong. Serious breach of protocol.
@@daddyjohan911 thank you so much!
Surprised they did not pull the horse and replace it as it is clear it was in distress of some sort based on how it was acting. BIT could have been lodged odd or something else caught pinching in that area.
Exactly what I was thinking, it definitely looked stressed. This was backed up by another Soldier coming over to adjust/inspect the bridle.
Those doors need painting.
🇬🇧 🌎
Belgian Soldiers that will never see any conflict or fight
One has a cigarette on the go pfff no respect
Around the second minute, they were assuming the gender of the Guard!
dat schijt en pist allemaal in de broek bij het eerste schot !
If that was me i would have saluted him with respect
I think its cruel for those horses standing all that time and idiotic public sbusing them and the soldiers 😢😢😢
Only there for an hour,then 4 off.
I notice woke Met Plod leaning against posts as if they dont care, they should be disbanded!
“Belgian soldiers....and then this happened “. WHAT happened ???
Just a hook. Bad manners.
Well I don't see some kind of military salute from the Belgians towards the english soldier. This would have been more than polite.
No disrespect meant but those Belgians were all sergeants so maybe the guard should have saluted them? :-) But to be fair, the white ribbon under their rank identifies them as candidate career NCO's from Belgium's NCO school in Saffraanberg, Belgium. As long as they wear that ribbon they are candidates and lower ranks do not have to salute them. They themselves only have to salute higher ranks from sergeant and up and i am sure they would have done so if the guard was wearing rank insignia.
Sergeants don't salute Troopers!
Soldiers are not saluted, only the badge of an officer.
At 2:48 one of them asked " zouden die echt teruggroeten? " which means would they really salute back to us
They weren’t sure if they were allowed to salute to them, and the guards vice versa
The kings life guards must have no physical requirements for women
There are female trooper persons!
Not sure that they are soldiers...the rank insignia suggest that they are from the Belgian Air Force, which would make them airmen, all Sergeants.
No salutes from either side.. pretty rude site.
didnt even bother to salute a brother soldier, shame
that Guardsman is so tiny
So what happened? Why is it heartwarming?
No weight limits now?
Shame he chose not to buy any razors for Duty. Should of joined the Navy.
Sorry, but kind of weird... Nice & all, but weird taking the attention away from the guards whose 'home' this is.
Uskomattoman hieno 🇫🇮Hienoo äijät NATO
People are really stupid, they think this is petting zoo and Hollywood soldier.....no respect whatsoever
Well, as a retired Major I would be shocked if I had the misfortune to command the Belgian soldiers, they looked rather slovenly and some were smoking. When they loosely formed for the photograph they did not seem to respond nor even notice the Guard come to attention and give them the salute of the sword.
When I was In London, at South Africa House, if I had occasion to walk down Whitehall I always saluted the mounted Guard and received the response smartly from them. If I was in civilian clothes I always raised my hat in salute and again received their response.
his helmet isn't straight
Pour faire une photo, on est bon. Mais le respect du garde derriere qui se met au garde a vous pour la photo et se remet fix apres... aucuns des jeunes belges n'a calculé. et aucun signe de respect, juste une photo, l'armée belge dans toute sa splendeur.. Des touristes qui prennent des photos...