Buckingham Palace Guards Played ‘Pink Pony Club’ to Celebrate Pride
The royal family wanted to honor pride month in a special way — but not everyone appreciated the gesture.
On Saturday, July 5, the royal family shared an Instagram video of the Coldstream Guards playing Chapell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” outside of Buckingham Palace.
“Happy Pride! 
,” the caption read.
Several people took to the comments section to applaud the royal family for openly supporting the LGBTQ+ community.
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“We stan a royal ally 
,” one user wrote, while another shared, “Look at that. The king himself who believes strongly in God can also celebrate pride. Without any doubt or fear or prejudice. Shame millions of other people can’t! .”
While many people enjoyed the royal family celebrating pride month, others thought the royal family should not have participated due to their religious beliefs. (It should be noted that many people who identify as religious also identify as LGBTQ+.)
“Defender of the faith? Lol not so much,” one user responded.
Some even questioned the royal family’s motives, with one person writing that the royals would do “anything to stay relevant.”
While the royal family has not always been supportive of the LGBTQ+ community, the new generation of royals have been vocal about their views.
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In 2016, Prince William became the first-ever British royal to appear on the cover of a gay publication when he posed for Attitude magazine.
“No one should be bullied for their sexuality or any other reason, and no one should have to put up with the kind of hate that these young people have endured in their lives,” William, 43, told the outlet at the time. “The young gay, lesbian and transgender individuals I met through Attitude are truly brave to speak out and to give hope to people who are going through terrible bullying right now. Their sense of strength and optimism should give us all encouragement to stand up to bullying wherever we see it.”
Nearly three years after William publicly supported the LGBTQ+ community, he opened up about how he would feel if his and Kate Middleton’s kids came out as LGBTQ+. (The pair, who wed in 2011, share Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7.)
“I’ve been giving that some thought recently,” William said while visiting the Albert Kennedy Trust in June 2019 to speak to youth left homeless because of their sexuality. “I think you really don’t start thinking about that until you are a parent, and I think — obviously, absolutely fine by me.”
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William noted that the “one thing” he would be “worried about is how — particularly [with] the roles my children fill — that is going to be interpreted and seen.”
“Catherine and I have been doing a lot of talking about it to make sure they were prepared,” he shared. “I think communication is so important with everything. In order to help understand it you’ve got to talk a lot about stuff and … how to support each other and how to go through the process.”
