Royal Guards at London Palaces

Royal Guards at London Palaces

The men you see in front of Buckingham Palace (and other locations in London as well as Windsor) are the Queen's Guard (Foot Guards). As well as upholding the traditions of the past through their ceremonial duties, the Foot Guards also carry out operational duties in the UK and throughout the world as professional soldiers.

The Queen's Guards are all part of the Household Division who have guarded the Sovereign and the Royal Palaces since 1660.

The Household Division

The Household Division is made up of seven regiments of the British Army:

• The Household Cavalry Regiment
• The Life Guards
• The Blues and Royals
• Five Regiments of Foot Guards
• The Grenadier Guards
• The Coldstream Guards
• The Scots Guards
• The Irish Guards
• The Welsh Guard

Household Cavalry	Foot Guards
	The Queen's Guard on Horseback
	The guards who guard the Queen and the Royal Palaces are all part of the Household Division The Household Division is made up of seven regiments of the British Army: two regiments of The Household Cavalry (The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals) and five regiments of Foot Guards Horse Guards Arch, Whitehall The Queen's Household Cavalry is the mounted guard at the entrance to Horse Guards Arch, which is located east of St James's Park. It is the official main entrance to both St James's Palace and Buckingham Palace

The Guard Changing Ceremony takes place takes place daily at 11am (10am on Sundays) and lasts about 30 minutes. The mounted sentries (who change every hour) are on duty each day from 10am until 4pm, at which time there is a dismounted parade of the Guard.Two dismounted sentries remain on duty until the gates are shut at 8pm, when only one sentry is left on guard until 7am when the second sentry returns on duty.

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