It was like a Monty Python moment — only it was real.

A Buckingham Palace guard slipped and fell during the famous Changing of the Guard last Thursday, giving hundreds of tourists a way more eventful photo op.

We’re amused. The Ministry of Defence? Maybe not so much. The Telegraph reported that the department would not comment on “a young man falling over while doing his job.”

So there.

H/T Pixable

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