Watch moment police officer 'had enough of disrespectful' tourists pestering Palace Guard

By Astha Saxena, News Reporter

The police officer had to tell tourists multiple times to move away (Image: hunghenniges/TikTok)

This is the moment an armed police officer was recorded apparently having “had enough of disrespectful tourists” troubling a mounted King's Guard.

Footage posted on TikTok shows an armed police officer frustratingly trying to get the tourists to move away from the way.

The four-minute video shows armed police officers repeatedly having to ask tourists to move away from the gates.

The police officer politely tries to ask tourists to follow the guidelines but the tourists keep crossing the bollards, which are working as a barrier.

In the video, the woman, dressed in a blue sweater, continues to stand near Buckingham Palace's gate even though the police officer urges her to move away.

The officer can be heard saying to the first tourist: "Excuse me, away from the horse please. Move away." He then turns to another tourist and tells her: "Back, behind the bollards."

The second woman he spoke too moves in front of the bollards again to take a picture, and the armed police officer reprimands her saying: "I've told you once, behind. Thank you."

On multiple occasions he is forced to tell tourists to move away from the horses, the gates of the palace and behind the bollards, as they seem not to heed his warnings.

The video posted by @hunghenniges on TikTok has gone viral and has earned over 72k likes from social media users. Many users have praised the polite behaviour of the police officer as they slammed the ignorant tourists.

Another user said: “Some people really don’t have common sense or manners”

A third user said: “Can we talk about how the officer kept his composure? I would have been screaming. How many times people need to be told.”

A fourth user said: “Arrest every last one of them if they don’t listen.”

However, one user said it should be clearer, commenting: "How about some clear markings so people know where the boundaries are."