Sentry caught off guard

One of the Queen's guards is in trouble after he was caught on camera making a rude gesture outside Buckingham Palace.

His hand signal was videoed by an American sightseer and posted on YouTube, reports The Sun.


The sentry is seen moving his clenched fist up and down, apparently in a joke insult to a comrade.

Palace guards are strictly forbidden from communicating with anybody while on duty.

The guard is believed to be from Nijmegen Company, a ceremonial unit of the 1st Battalion the Grenadier Guards.

A Foot Guards officer told The Sun: "Everybody knows you stay still as a rod out there, no matter what. He's for the high jump, that's for sure.

"He's embarrassed the Queen and made the regiment look like thugs."

An Army spokesman said: "We're identifying the individual. This behaviour is unacceptable."

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