Tourist faints when King’s Guard horse BITES her on the arm after she stood next to it and posed for a photo

A tourist eager to have his photo taken with the Royal Guard fainted after the frightened horse bit him on the arm.

Images taken in central London today show groups of tourists surrounding a king’s bodyguard and his horse outside the Household Cavalry Museum, desperately searching for a photographic souvenir.

The black horse seems to be worried about the crowd around him. He turns his head and bites people to warn them if they come too close.

A woman wearing a black baseball cap and a Pink Floyd T-shirt runs up to the horse and stands directly beneath a sign that reads, “Horses May Kick or Bite.”

The startled animal does not hesitate and bites her in the arm.

The woman screams as the black horse bites her arm

The unsuspecting tourist screams and runs to her friends as the crowd watches with open mouths.

The group inspects her wound and one man uses a cotton swab to treat the bite wound.

But her condition worsens and she appears to lose consciousness at times, before collapsing completely to the ground.

A separate video shows the woman lying against the fence and being cooled by her friends.

In an unprecedented move, members of the Royal Guard use their swords to signal the cameraman, asking, “Can you go get the policeman?”

As officers tend to the wounded woman, tourists continue to crowd around the royal guard and his horse, some even trying to pet the troubled animal.

Despite their service, the Royal Guards still have dangerous confrontations with civilians.

Clear signs in the area warn of kicking or biting horses, but tourists still like to go near them – often at the risk of their own lives.

A group tends to the woman’s arm after she was bitten by the horse

After fading in and out of consciousness, she falls to the ground

Last month, a tourist ended up on the pavement outside Buckingham Palace after being headbutted by a horse from the Royal Guard. Not everyone watching was convinced, however.

The video showed a woman with curly hair posing for photos and smiling next to a black horse before the horse nudged her.

The woman then fell dramatically onto the sidewalk, landing face down. Her purse flew off her, and a group of people let out a concerned ‘ooh’.

In May, a Royal Guard horse bit a tourist after she touched the animal while posing for a photo.

Video footage, which went viral on social media and has been viewed more than 855,000 times, shows the woman placing her hand on the horse’s neck as she poses for a photo.

The horse then turned its head towards the woman and then clung to her sari.

In January this year, a female tourist posed for a photo with the Royal Guard’s horse when the horse bit the sleeve of her black quilted jacket and aggressively dragged her around.

Last month a horse gently nudged a woman who appeared so shocked that she fell to the ground

The woman was thrown to the pavement, landing face down as her handbag flew out from under her. Concerned bystanders rushed to her aid and helped her back to her feet.

In one incident, when a woman tried to pet the horse’s face, it bit the sleeve of her coat. It refused to let go, pulling at the coat and dragging her back and forth and up and down before finally letting go.

In another video, a man was seen touching the reins of one of the horses

The royal guard began to shout, “Don’t touch the reins!”

Although many view the Guard as a tourist attraction, the Royal Guard is made up of elite soldiers tasked with protecting the life and property of the monarch.

The Royal Guard is generally not allowed to have contact with the public, but can shout if he gets too close or draw his bayonet if he becomes aggressive.

The soldiers must not be distracted from their duties. During their two-hour shift, toilet visits are prohibited. They march through anyone who gets in their way.