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A Royal Guard describes any group of military bodyguard
Bodyguard

A bodyguard is a type of security guard or government agent who protects a person?usually a famous, wealthy, or politically important figure?from assault, kidnapping, assassination, stalking, loss of Confidentiality, or other threats....
, soldiers or retainers responsible for the protection of a royal person, such as a King or Queen
Queen regnant

A queen regnant is a qualifying reference to a female monarch possessing and exercising all of the monarchical powers of a ruler, in contrast to a "queen consort", who is the wife of a male reigning as monarch and who is without any official powers of state....
. They are often an elite unit of the regular armed forces and may maintain special rights or privileges.








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A Royal Guard describes any group of military bodyguard
Bodyguard

A bodyguard is a type of security guard or government agent who protects a person?usually a famous, wealthy, or politically important figure?from assault, kidnapping, assassination, stalking, loss of Confidentiality, or other threats....
, soldiers or retainers responsible for the protection of a royal person, such as a King or Queen
Queen regnant

A queen regnant is a qualifying reference to a female monarch possessing and exercising all of the monarchical powers of a ruler, in contrast to a "queen consort", who is the wife of a male reigning as monarch and who is without any official powers of state....
. They are often an elite unit of the regular armed forces and may maintain special rights or privileges.

List of Royal Guards


see also List of protective service agencies
List of protective service agencies

This is a list of government Security police and Bodyguard organizations.AlbaniaRepublican GuardBriskuReneaB.O.S...


  • Royal Guard
    Royal Guard

    A Royal Guard describes any group of military bodyguard, soldiers or retainers responsible for the protection of a royal person, such as a Monarch or queen regnant....
  • Brigade of the Guards
    Brigade of the Guards

    The Brigade of the Guards is an Indian Mechanized Infantry regiment, which was once the only regiment of Foot Guards in the Indian Army. Formed in 1949 as the first mixed class Indian regiment by Field Marshal KM Cariappa, the first battalions of the Brigade of Guards were formed by taking the oldest battalions of some of the infantry regime...
     (India)
  • Den Kongelige Livgarde
    Den Kongelige Livgarde

    Den Kongelige Livgarde is an infantry regiment of the Royal Danish Army, formed in 1658. It serves a dual role as both a front line combat unit, and as a guard/ceremonial unit in regard to the Danish monarchy....
     (Denmark)
  • Koninklijk Escorte / Escorte Royale / Königliche Eskorte
    Escorte Royale Belge

    The Belgian Royal Escort is provided by units of the Policing in Belgium#The Federal Police. Prior to the merger of the Belgian Gendarmerie and Police, it was provided by the Gendarmerie....
     (Belgium)
  • Foot Guards
    Foot Guards

    Foot guards is a term used to describe elite infantry regiments....
  • Gentlemen at Arms
  • Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (Norway)
  • Jovians and Herculians
    Herculians

    The Jovians and Herculians were the senior palatine imperial guard units of the Emperors of the late Roman Empire from the 290s until the 7th century....
  • 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....
  • Horse Guards
    Horse Guards

    Horse Guards can refer to:* A Household Cavalry regiment:** One was the Royal Horse Guards, which is now part of the Blues and Royals** The Governor General's Horse Guards, the Household Cavalry regiment of the Canadian Forces...
  • Moroccan Royal Guard
    Moroccan Royal Guard

    The Moroccan Royal Guard is officially part of the Royal Moroccan Army. However it is under the direct operational control of the Royal Military Household of His Majesty the King....
  • Netherlands Royal Guard
  • Queen's Guard
    Queen's Guard

    File:Stjamessentry.jpgThe Queen's Guard and Queen's Life Guard are the names given to contingents of infantry and cavalry soldiers charged with guarding the official List of British Royal Residences in London....
     (United Kingdom)
  • 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....
  • Swedish Royal Guards
    Royal Guards (Sweden)

    The Royal Guards , the Main Guard at the Stockholm Palace is carried out by different units of the Military of Sweden. It is a guard of honour to the King of Sweden and has responsibility for the protection of the Swedish Royal Family....
  • Thai Royal Guards
  • Tobang
    Tobang

    Tobang , also written as Dobang, was a Koryo Dynasty private military unit that originated as the personal body guard for Gyeong Dae-seung . After the military revolt of the generals in 1170 during the reign of King Uijong of Goryeo, a series of generals culminating in the Choe military dictators, held the real power in Koryo....
  • Royal Palace Guard
    Royal Palace Guard

    This is a unit of the Belgian Gendarmerie tasked with the protection of the King and members of the Royal Family. The Commander of the Royal Palace Guard is a Colonel. State Security also provides protective security services....
     (Belgium)
  • 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"....
  • Spanish Royal Guard
    Spanish Royal Guard

    The Royal Guard is an independent unit of the Spanish Army dedicated to the military protection of Majesty the King of Spain and the members of the Spanish Royal Family....
  • Varangian Guard
  • Walloon Guards
    Walloon Guards

    The Walloon Guards were an infantry corps originally recruited in the region now known as Belgium, mainly in Catholic Wallonia, for the Spanish Army....
  • Yeoman of the Guard
  • Imperial Guard
    Imperial Guard

    The Imperial Guard was originally a small group of elite soldiers of the La Grande Armee under the direct command of Napoleon I, but grew considerably over time....
     of Napoleon I's First French Empire and Napoleon III’s Second French Empire
  • Imperial Guard
    Imperial Guard

    The Imperial Guard was originally a small group of elite soldiers of the La Grande Armee under the direct command of Napoleon I, but grew considerably over time....
     existed in the Russian Imperial Army from formation by Peter the Great to the Russian Revolution of 1917
  • Imperial Guard
    Imperial Guard

    The Imperial Guard was originally a small group of elite soldiers of the La Grande Armee under the direct command of Napoleon I, but grew considerably over time....
    : a unit of the Army of Persia as the Immortals
    Persian Immortals

    The Achaemenid Persian Immortals, usually referred to as the Persian Immortals or The Immortals were an elite force of Persian Empire soldiers who performed the dual roles of both Imperial Guard and standing army during the Achaemenid Empire's expansion and during the Greco-Persian Wars....
    , and later as the Kingdom of Iran..
  • Jin Jun Tang Dynasty Chinese Imperial Guard
  • Konoe Shidan Japanese Imperial Guard of Japan
    Imperial Guard of Japan

    The Japanese is an organization which is dedicated to protection of the Emperor of Japan and his family, palaces and other imperial properties. The Guard also served as a unit within the Imperial Japanese Army....
  • Maison du Roi
    Maison du Roi

    The Maison du Roi was the name of the military, domestic and religious entourage around the royal family in France during the "Ancien R?gime" and Bourbon Restoration; the exact composition and duties of its various divisions changed constantly over the Early Modern France....
     (Household of the King) was the name of the military, domestic and religious Royal Household entourage during the Ancien Régime
    Ancien Régime

    Ancien R?gime refers primarily to the aristocracy, sociology, and politics system established in France under the Valois Dynasty and House of Bourbon dynasties ....
  • Praetorian Guard
    Praetorian Guard

    The Praetorian Guard was a special force of guards used by Roman empire List of Roman Emperorss. Before being appropriated for the use of the Emperors' personal guards, the title was used for the guards of Roman generals, at least since the rise to prominence of the Scipio family around 275 BC....
    : a special force of bodyguards used by Roman emperors


See also

  • Imperial Guard
    Imperial Guard

    The Imperial Guard was originally a small group of elite soldiers of the La Grande Armee under the direct command of Napoleon I, but grew considerably over time....
  • Swiss Guard
    Swiss Guard

    Swiss Guards is the name given to the Swiss soldiers who have served as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century....
  • Emperor's Royal Guard
    Emperor's Royal Guard

    Royal Guards are soldiers who protect Emperor Palpatine in the fictional Star Wars universe. They appear in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and in the third prequel film, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ....
     (depicted in Star Wars
    Star Wars

    Star Wars is an epic film space opera Media franchise initially conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but later had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added to distinguish it from its sequels and prequels....
    )
  • Republican Guard
    Republican Guard

    Republican Guard is the organization of a republic which serves to protect the President and the government. Usually synonymous with Presidential Guard....
  • Praetorian Guard
    Praetorian Guard

    The Praetorian Guard was a special force of guards used by Roman empire List of Roman Emperorss. Before being appropriated for the use of the Emperors' personal guards, the title was used for the guards of Roman generals, at least since the rise to prominence of the Scipio family around 275 BC....
  • Russian Guards
    Russian Guards

    Guards or Guards units were and are elite military units in Imperial Russia, Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. The tradition goes back to the retinue of a knyaz of medieval Kievan Rus' and the streltsy, the Grand Duchy of Moscow harquebusiers formed by Ivan the Terrible by 1550....
  • National Guard
    National Guard

    The term National Guard may refer to an organized militia, a military force, a paramilitary force, a gendarmerie, or a constabulary:...
  • Bodyguard
    Bodyguard

    A bodyguard is a type of security guard or government agent who protects a person?usually a famous, wealthy, or politically important figure?from assault, kidnapping, assassination, stalking, loss of Confidentiality, or other threats....