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Encyclopedia > Royal guard

A Royal Guard describes any group of military bodyguard or retainer 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. A bodyguard is a person who protects someone (known as their principal) from personal assault, kidnapping, assassination, loss of confidential information, or other threats. ... Look up monarch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A monarch (see sovereign) is a type of ruler or head of state. ... A queen regnant is a female monarch who possesses all the monarchal powers that a king would have without regard to gender. ...


List of Royal Guards

see also List of protective service agencies This is a list of government Security police and Bodyguard organizations. ...

Foot guards is a term used to describe elite infantry regiments. ... Horse Guards is also a large building on Whitehall, at the eastern end of Horse Guards Parade. ... Categories: British Ceremonial Units | Military stubs ... The Brigade of the Guards is an Indian infantry regiment, the only regiment of Foot Guards in the army. ... Sentry of the Grenadier Guards posted outside St Jamess Palace The Queens Guard and Queens Life Guard are the names given to contingents of cavalry and infantry soldiers charged with guarding the official royal residences in London. ... The Gentlemen at Arms are senior royal bodyguard of the United Kingdom, established in 1509. ... The Royal Company of Archers is a ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereigns Bodyguard in Scotland, a role it has performed since 1822 and the reign of King George IV, when the company provided a personal bodyguard to the King on his visit to Scotland. ... A Serjeant at Arms (also spelt Sergeant at Arms, and sometimes Serjeant-at-Arms) is an officer appointed by a deliberative body, usually a legislature, to keep order during its meetings. ... The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) is the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior. ... Royal Guards: Livgardet-cavalrymen in ceremony at the Royal Palace. ... Cap Badge of the HMKG Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (HMKG) (lit. ... The Royal Danish Life Guards Den Kongelige Livgarde (Royal Life Guards) is an infantry regiment of the Royal Danish Army, formed in 1658. ... This is a unit of the Belgium Gendermerie tasked with the protection of the King and members of the Royal Family. ... The Belgium Royal Escort is a unit of the Belgium Gendermerie. ... Imperial guard of the Emperors of the Roman Empire from 284 until 988 The Praetorian Guard were based at Castra Praetoria just outside Rome, and during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian were in league with the Roman Senate. ... The Varangians (Russian: Variags, Варяги) were Scandinavians who travelled eastwards, mainly from Jutland and Sweden. ...

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About Us - Royal Guard Corporation (201 words)
ABOUT US Royal Guard is a well established manufacture of strainers for pipeline, oil and gas production, refinery, pulp and papers, power, petrochemical and various process industries to protect pumps, compressors, valve seats and downstream mechanical equipment from sand, dirt, pipe scale, grit, welding beads or any solids.
Royal Guard Corporation was formed in 1991 as a spin off company from Winston Manufacturing Corporation, which was started in 1958, making strainers and other products.
Royal Guard offers products manufactured from carbon steel, 304 or 316 stainless steel, chrome-molys, monel 400, nickel, hastelloy, alloy 20 or practically any alloy; carbon steel can be internally coated or rubber lined.
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