What do you call the red-coated guards in the UK?

Question

Are the guards called Queen Guards or Royal British Guards or do they have a special name? The guards i am talking about don't move at all...

Answer 1

The Queen's Lifeguards are the ones who are usually spotted outside of Buckingham palace.

Other guards dressed in Red are the Beefeaters on state occasions, at other times they were black.

Answer 2

The Queen's Guard and Queen's Life Guard are the names given to contingents of infantry and cavalry soldiers charged with guarding the official royal residences in London. 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's Guard is the name given to the contingent of infantry responsible for guarding Buckingham Palace and St. James's Palace (including Clarence House) in London. The guard is made up of a company of soldiers from a single regiment, which is split in two, providing a detachment for Buckingham Palace and a detachment for St James's Palace. Because the Sovereign's official residence is still St James's, the guard commander (called the 'Captain of the Guard') is based there, as are the regiment's colours. When the Sovereign is in residence, the Queen's Guard numbers three officers and 40 other ranks, with four sentries each posted at Buckingham Palace (on the forecourt) and St James's Palace (two at the main entrance in Pall Mall, two in Friary Court). This reduces to three officers and 31 ORs, with two sentries each when the Sovereign is not in residence. The Queen's Guard is not purely ceremonial in nature. They provide sentries during the day and night, and during the latter hours they patrol the grounds of the Palace. Until 1959, the sentries at Buckingham Palace were stationed outside the fence. This stopped following an incident involving a female tourist and a Coldstream Guardsman - due to the continued pestering of tourists and sightseers, the guardsman kicked the tourist on the ankle as he marched. The tourist made a complaint to the police and, despite sympathy, the sentry was confined to barracks for ten days. Not long after, the sentries were moved inside the fence.

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Answer 3

You mean the ones with the tall bearskin hats right?  They are The Guards Regiments - The Scots Guards, The Welsh Guards, The Irish Guards, The Grenadier Guards and the Coldstream Guards.

Mounted troops are called the Household Cavalry made up of The Blues and Royals and The Life Guards.

Beefeaters are in fact not serving in the military.  They are retired servicemen who go through a selection process to become Beefeaters and they usually guard the Tower of London and the Crown Jewels which lie therein.

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Answer 4

There are several guard units, and the Beefeaters are one of them. Here's the scoop, and the list of guards from Buckingham Palace's website at http://www.royal.gov/uk

"CHANGING THE GUARD

The regular hand-over of guards in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace draws thousands of visitors to watch the soldiers and listen to the music.

Known as Changing the Guard or Guard Mounting, the process involves a new guard exchanging duty with the old guard.

The soldiers are drawn from one of the five regiments of Foot Guards in the British Army: the Scots Guards, the Irish Guards, the Welsh Guards, the Grenadier Guards and the Coldstream Guards.

The handover is accompanied by a Guards band. The music played ranges from traditional military marches to songs from the shows and even familiar pop songs.

When The Queen is in residence, there are four sentries at the the front of the building. When she is away there are two.



The Queen's Guard usually consists of Foot Guards in their full-dress uniform of red tunics and bearskins. If they have operational commitments, other infantry units take part instead.

Units from Commonwealth realms occasionally take turn in Guard Mounting. In May 1998, Canadian soldiers from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry mounted guard at Buckingham Palace for the first time since the Coronation in 1953.

Household Troops have guarded the Sovereign and the Royal Palaces since 1660. Until 1689, the Sovereign lived mainly at the Palace of Whitehall and was guarded there by Household Cavalry.

In 1689, the court moved to St James's Palace, which was guarded by the Foot Guards. When Queen Victoria moved into Buckingham Palace in 1837, the Queen's Guard remained at St James's Palace, with a detachment guarding Buckingham Palace, as it still does today."

There is no Guard Mounting in very wet weather.

Buckingham Palace

October - even days

November - odd days

December - odd days

Windsor Castle

Changing the Guard takes place at 11.00am.

October - odd days

November - even days

December - even days

Horse Guards Arch

Daily at 11am.

Tower of London

Daily at 11.30am.

At Buckingham Palace, Guard Mounting takes place at 11.30 am. It is held daily from May to July, and on alternate dates throughout the rest of the year.

Buckingham Palace is not the only place to see Guard Mounting.

At Windsor Castle, the ceremony takes place at 11.00 am. For most of the year Guard Mounting takes place on alternate dates, but it is held daily (except Sundays) from April to July.

At Horse Guards Arch, Changing of the Guard takes place daily at 11.00 am (10.00 am on Sundays) and lasts about half an hour; it is normally held on Horse Guards Parade by the arch of Horse Guards Building.

Answer 5

beefeaters

Answer 6

Beefeaters.

Answer 7

Most, but not all, ceremonial uniforms for the British Army, are red. Could you narrow the field a bit? Are you thinking of the guards outside of Buckingham Palace?

Answer 8

Beefeaters, some people think they are "Royal British Guards" but there acctually Beefeaters.

Answer 9

they're called Royal British Guards