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By Ami Ciccone
A Royal Faint
It must be incredibly hard being a royal guardsman. Those hot uniforms, heavy helmets, and the need to stand still for long periods of time must be utterly exhausting. As this photo shows, for one guardsman it all became too much one sunny day, and he simply keeled over in front of The Queen as she passed by on horseback to inspect the troops.
Actually, this is by no means a rare occurrence. Guardsmen often faint at such parades, and in 2017, seven individual soldiers passed out during the ceremony which was held on a particularly hot day.
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