Queen's Guard marching, London

The Queen's Guard in London comprises two detachments, one each for Buckingham Palace and St James's Palace, under the command of the Captain of The Queen's Guard.
The Queen's Guard and Queen's Life Guard are the names given to contingents of soldiers charged with guarding the official royal residences in London.

St James's Palace
After Whitehall Palace was burnt down in 1698, St James's Palace became the official residence of the Sovereign and ever since it has remained at the centre of the Court. Foreign ambassadors are still accredited to the Court of St James's. Besides, the Palace embraces Marlborough House, which was occupied by both Queen Alexandra and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. As St James's Palace is still the official residence of the Court, it is here that the Colour is lodged and where also the Captain of the Guard establishes his headquarters.

The British Army had regiments of both Horse Guards and Foot Guards predating the English Restoration (1660), and, since the reign of King Charles II, these have been responsible for guarding the Sovereign Palaces.

The Queen has a number of homes, both official (Buckingham Palace, St James's Palace, Windsor Castle and Holyrood House in Scotland) and private (Sandringham and Balmoral), but it is only at the London and Windsor Palaces and Holyroodhouse that a guard is mounted.

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[MattTrezzi13]

Coldstream guard

[SCOREFIVE]

hey what assault rifle are they carrying ?

[letmeusethisnamenow]

@Jonny30284 They're an operational Unit as well as a ceremonial one. The lads take turns in rotation between the 2

[alex471996]

@Jonny30284

Those guards won't. They have stag duty for 2 hours, then have 4 hours off, then go on again for 2 hours. This continues for 24 hours until a new set of guards arrive. With 20,000 guards (i'm guessing) soldiers don't do guard duty that often.

[Jonny30284]

@Isthisthelongestname They march all day every day seven days a week three hundered and sixty five days a year

[sprintarr]

wat a fool hese turning the wrong way lol

[Isthisthelongestname]

I can't believe nobody's commented - thisis awesome, thanks!

Do you know how often they footguards have to march like this - I heard it was every 15 mins but seems a little precise seeing as they wont be able to tell how much time has passes etc lol.

Thanks again.