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Protective security units typically provide policing, security, intelligence and bodyguard services for Sovereigns and Politicians. They can be contrasted with security services
Security services

Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence , primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence....
 which provide protective security intelligence (such as the Security Service
Security Service

Security Service can mean:*United Kingdom Security Service - the British internal security service, commonly known as MI5*U.S. Air Force Security Service - a former designation of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency...
 (MI5
MI5

The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 , is the United Kingdom counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of the intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service , Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence Intelligence Staff ....
); and Guards Regiments for the defence of the Sovereign and the metropolis. Examples of these include the Household Division
Household Division

Household Division is a term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a country?s most elite or historically senior military units, or those military units that provide ceremonial or protective functions associated directly with the head of state....
.

There are also distinct non-combat personal bodyguards which serve as ceremonial guards and personal attendants (such as the Gentlemen at Arms, the Yeomen of the Guard
Yeomen of the Guard

The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard are a Sovereign's Bodyguard of the British Monarch. The oldest British military corps still in existence, it was created by Henry VII of England in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field....
, the Royal Company of Archers
Royal Company of Archers

The Royal Company of Archers is a ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign's Bodyguard in Scotland, a role it has performed since 1822 and the reign of George IV of the United Kingdom, when the company provided a personal bodyguard to the King on his Visit of King George IV to Scotland to Scotland....
, and the Company of Pikemen and Musketeers of the Honourable Artillery Company
Honourable Artillery Company

The Honourable Artillery Company is the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior in the Territorial Army....
, as well as the Corps of Serjeants at Arms
Serjeant-at-Arms

A Serjeant at Arms is an officer appointed by a deliberative body, usually a legislature, to keep order during its meetings. The word serjeant is derived from the Latin serviens, which means "servant"....
, the Gold Stick and Silver Stick, and the High Constables and Guard of Honour of the Palace of Holyroodhouse
High Constables and Guard of Honour of the Palace of Holyroodhouse

The High Constables of Holyroodhouse are a small corps of ceremonial guards at the Monarch's official residence in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh....
).

Well-known examples include the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department of the London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 Metropolitan Police
Metropolitan police

Metropolitan police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force....
, and the United States Secret Service
United States Secret Service

The United States Secret Service is a United States Federal government of the United States law enforcement agency that falls under the United States Department of Homeland Security....
.






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Protective security units typically provide policing, security, intelligence and bodyguard services for Sovereigns and Politicians. They can be contrasted with security services
Security services

Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence , primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence....
 which provide protective security intelligence (such as the Security Service
Security Service

Security Service can mean:*United Kingdom Security Service - the British internal security service, commonly known as MI5*U.S. Air Force Security Service - a former designation of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency...
 (MI5
MI5

The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 , is the United Kingdom counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of the intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service , Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence Intelligence Staff ....
); and Guards Regiments for the defence of the Sovereign and the metropolis. Examples of these include the Household Division
Household Division

Household Division is a term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a country?s most elite or historically senior military units, or those military units that provide ceremonial or protective functions associated directly with the head of state....
.

There are also distinct non-combat personal bodyguards which serve as ceremonial guards and personal attendants (such as the Gentlemen at Arms, the Yeomen of the Guard
Yeomen of the Guard

The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard are a Sovereign's Bodyguard of the British Monarch. The oldest British military corps still in existence, it was created by Henry VII of England in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field....
, the Royal Company of Archers
Royal Company of Archers

The Royal Company of Archers is a ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign's Bodyguard in Scotland, a role it has performed since 1822 and the reign of George IV of the United Kingdom, when the company provided a personal bodyguard to the King on his Visit of King George IV to Scotland to Scotland....
, and the Company of Pikemen and Musketeers of the Honourable Artillery Company
Honourable Artillery Company

The Honourable Artillery Company is the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior in the Territorial Army....
, as well as the Corps of Serjeants at Arms
Serjeant-at-Arms

A Serjeant at Arms is an officer appointed by a deliberative body, usually a legislature, to keep order during its meetings. The word serjeant is derived from the Latin serviens, which means "servant"....
, the Gold Stick and Silver Stick, and the High Constables and Guard of Honour of the Palace of Holyroodhouse
High Constables and Guard of Honour of the Palace of Holyroodhouse

The High Constables of Holyroodhouse are a small corps of ceremonial guards at the Monarch's official residence in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh....
).

Well-known examples include the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department of the London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 Metropolitan Police
Metropolitan police

Metropolitan police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force....
, and the United States Secret Service
United States Secret Service

The United States Secret Service is a United States Federal government of the United States law enforcement agency that falls under the United States Department of Homeland Security....
. Typically they provide security and ceremonial effect is not per se an object.