Royal Guard
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For other uses, see Royal Guard (disambiguation).
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.
[edit] List of Royal Guards
see also List of protective service agencies
- Royal Guard
- Arcièren-Leibgarde (former Austro-Hungarian Empire)
- Brigade of the Guards (India)
- Den Kongelige Livgarde (Denmark)
- Koninklijk Escorte / Escorte Royale / Königliche Eskorte (Belgium)
- Foot Guards
- Gentlemen at Arms
- Leibgarde der Hartschiere (former Kingdom of Bavaria)
- Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (Norway)
- Jovians and Herculians
- Honourable Artillery Company
- Horse Guards
- Moroccan Royal Guard
- Netherlands Royal Guard
- Queen's Guard (United Kingdom)
- Royal Company of Archers
- Swedish Royal Guards
- Thai Royal Guards
- Tobang
- Kheshig of the Mongol Empire
- 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
