Shocking news: Ryan Barby, a former Airborne soldier who served in Afghanistan, has worked with the likes of Stormzy and One Direction stars Louis Tomlinson and the late Liam Payne during his surveillance career. Just revealed a top se
Ryan Barby, a former Airborne soldier who served in Afghanistan, has worked with the likes of Stormzy and One Direction stars Louis Tomlinson and the late Liam Payne during his surveillance career.But he has also had the honour of being active during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee before her funeral in the same year.
And he revealed the huge differences between missions involving celebs compared to assisting the Royal Family’s personal protection team as an ex-military bodyguard.
Ryan, who is from Nottingham and joined the army aged 16, said: “The difference being on the high profile jobs is you have to stay switched on 24/7.
When it goes live there are cameras absolutely everywhere from all media around the world so it would be a massive embarrassment for you within the industry to be caught on your phone or messing around not paying attention. You could potentially be thrown off task on the spot with no second chances.”
The highly trained officer has also supported the American Secret Service during Joe Biden’s visit to Edinburgh.His first experience with the royals meanwhile was being given a military medal by the then Prince Charles in 2008 for Operation Herrick in Afghanistan.
But one of the biggest moments of his career was being on active duty on September 19, 2022, when Queen Elizabeth was given a state funeral.And giving further insight, he said: “It was a very unique role that day, assisting many different world leaders and their close protection teams. It was extremely interesting watching how they all operate because every nation uses different tactics.cret of previous threats on singer