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 King or Queen. 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

*Brigade of the Guards (India)
*Den Kongelige Livgarde (Denmark)
*Koninklijk Escorte / Escorte Royale / Königliche Eskorte (Belgium)
*Foot Guards
*Gentlemen at Arms
* Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (Norway)
*Jovians and Herculians
*Honourable Artillery Company
*Horse Guards
*Moroccan Royal Guard
*Netherlands Royal Guard
*Queen's Guard
*Royal Company of Archers
*Swedish Royal Guards
*Thai Royal Guards
*Tobang
*Royal Palace Guard (Belgium)
*Serjeants at Arms
*Spanish Royal Guard
*Varangian Guard
*Walloon Guards
*Yeoman of the Guard
* Imperial Guard of Napoleon I's First French Empire and Napoleon III’s Second French Empire
* Imperial Guard existed in the Russian Imperial Army from formation by Peter the Great to the Russian Revolution of 1917
* Imperial Guard: a unit of the Army of Persia as the Immortals, and later as the Kingdom of Iran..
* Jin Jun (禁军) Tang Dynasty Chinese Imperial Guard
* Konoe Shidan Japanese Imperial Guard of Japan (近衛師団)
* Maison du Roi (Household of the King) was the name of the military, domestic and religious Royal Household entourage during the Ancien Régime
* Praetorian Guard: a special force of bodyguards used by Roman emperors

ee also

*Imperial Guard
*Swiss Guard
*Emperor's Royal Guard (depicted in Star Wars)
*Republican Guard
*Praetorian Guard
*Russian Guards
*National Guard
*Bodyguard


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