Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is where the Queen lives. That's cool and all but it's really all about the guards with Marge Simpson tall ridiculously fuzzy hats, no?

Since forever, I can remember countless movies or shows or stories about the still-faced bright red clad guards. About people trying to make them laugh, or taking obscene pictures with them, or flashing private parts in their direction to get some sort of reaction. Unfortunately, you couldn't even get that close to the guards as I had always expected. Although I swear I made brief eye-contact with one!

The guards are called the Queen's Guards or the Queen's Life Guards. The elaborate changing of the guard takes place around 11 am in front of Buckingham Palace daily. I didn't know that, of course, and missed it!

When the guards aren't marching about for the changing of the guards, they are simply standing there, keeping a watchful eye on the public within the confines of the massive gates surrounding the palace. Once in awhile, the guards actually move, but only for a short little stroll a couple yards away and then back again.

^^^See that little guard in the background, yea, that's what I was going for.
^^^ Luckily, I found a guard closer to get at a little ways from the Palace. Although, he was guarded off by a small chain. (Wtf? I really wanted to get in his face!)
^^^Here's the famous Victoria Memorial in front of the Buckingham Palace gates.
♡- Kristen