The most gentle British police in the world

[@RichardStrong86]

They're civilian police, as opposed to the horse guards who are actual soldiers performing highly esteemed ceremonial duties. The ceremonial side is just the public facing part of their regiment, who do actually serve in battle. So the horse guards pride their roles as sentries over their interactions with civilians, as opposed to the police who interact with civilians on the regular.

[@LeryYell]

Люди обожнюють коней😊

[@paulmidsussex3409]

The Kings Guards have orders they are required to carry out and will be disciplined if they fail to do it. The police in this situation are on a bit of downtime and can choose how they interact with the general public, but those same horses can be used to control public disorder and you will not be stroking them then.