British Royal Guards: Difference between revisions

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This is a [[British Media Tropes]] about the '''Guards Division''' as it appears in '''fiction'''. If you're looking to learn more about the real thing, [[wikipedia:Queenchr(27)s Guard|The Other Wiki]] has more relevant information.

 

However, this becomes more and more of a [[Discredited Trope]] as time goes by and can now effectively be considered a [[Dead Horse Trope]]. In [[Real Life]], the Guards are not posted as a ceremonial tradition to amuse tourists but, in fact, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|actually guard]] [[Praetorian Guard|Her Majesty, The Queen]].

Silly hats and clothes aside, these guys take their jobs ''very'' seriously; they're typically carrying [[Cool Gun|5.56mm caliber assault rifles]] that are ready armed, loaded, and usually [[Bayonet Ya|fixed with bayonets]], and they don't take kindly to mocking tourists. And the reason there are five whole Guards regiments (and two of guards cavalry)? They only spend a small portion of their time on ceremonial duties. Odds are that most of the men on duty at the moment have recently been in an active warzone.

 

 

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== Comics ==

* One [[Looney Tunes]] story involved Daffy Duck trying to get a British Royal Guard to laugh. He fails so very, very miserably. {{spoiler|Though, as a crazed Daffy said as he was being taken away, the guy was indeed laughing on the inside.}}