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Queen's police guards – caption competition

PC Anthony Wallyn and PC Tony Thich
PC Anthony Wallyn (left), 7ft 2in, with his colleague, PC Tony Thich, 5ft 6in. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

The Queen has been admitted to hospital with symptoms of gastroenteritis, leading to the usual speculation from royal correspondents about the state of the monarch's health, accompanied by endless pictures of London's King Edward VII hospital.

So it was nice of the Met police to liven things up a little by stationing Britain's tallest policemen and a diminutive colleague on guard outside. PC Anthony Wallyn stands 7ft 2in, while PC Tony Thich – that's Thich, not Titch, let's be clear – measures a respectable-by-civilian-standards 5ft 6in.

But what might Big Tone and Little Tone (as the pair are apparently known) be saying to each other?

"I don't know what you're moaning about. Fat Tone has got to walk the corgis"

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