{"id":43371,"date":"2025-04-23T08:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/43371\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T08:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:35:08","slug":"where-to-see-the-kings-guard-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/43371\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to see the King&#8217;s Guard in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A royal guard has been stationed at key locations across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London<\/a> since 1660, drawing crowds of tourists and Londoners keen to see them in person.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/king\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King<\/a>\u2019s Guard (formerly the Queen\u2019s Guard during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II) is instantly recognisable by members\u2019 striking red uniforms and bearskin helmets.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a mounted division, called the King\u2019s Life Guard, typically seen on horseback wearing plumed helmets while undertaking sentry duties. Both divisions are renowned for standing almost perfectly still while on duty.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a guide to where you can find the King\u2019s Guard across London.<\/p>\n<p>Where can you see the King&#8217;s Guard in London?<\/p>\n<p>In addition to watching them on sentry duty, there are several ceremonial moments throughout the week when you can catch the King\u2019s Guard in action.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Changing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/king\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King<\/a>\u2019s Life Guard takes place at 11am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  <\/li>\n<li> The Guard Patrol can be seen between 10.30am and 11.15am on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  <\/li>\n<li> The Duty Officer\u2019s Inspection happens at 11am on Saturdays and Sundays. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The best time to see the King\u2019s Guard is during the Changing of the Guard, where sentries are swapped out.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/ceremony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ceremony<\/a> typically takes place on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 11am.<\/p>\n<p>The King\u2019s Guard at St James\u2019s Palace swaps with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/buckingham-palace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buckingham Palace<\/a> Guard as part of the Changing of the Guard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/soldiers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soldiers<\/a> march down the mall to change the guard between the two palaces, so you might see them in the street.<\/p>\n<p>What does the King\u2019s Guard do?<\/p>\n<p>In addition to standing guard, the King\u2019s Guard also provides the <strong>Sovereign&#8217;s Escort<\/strong> on state occasions and for ceremonial duties.<\/p>\n<p>All soldiers in the <strong>Household Cavalry<\/strong> are highly trained and must also actively participate in the Army\u2019s military operations.<\/p>\n<p>The level of guard service depends on whether the Sovereign is in residence in London.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>\u2018Long Guard\u2019<\/strong> is mounted when the King is at <strong>Buckingham Palace<\/strong> and consists of an Officer, a Corporal Major (who carries the Standard), two Non-Commissioned Officers, a Trumpeter and 10 Troopers.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>\u2018Short Guard\u2019<\/strong> is mounted when the King is not in residence and comprises two Non-Commissioned Officers and 10 Troopers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A royal guard has been stationed at key locations across London since 1660, drawing crowds of tourists and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,2633,24156,393,4884,15277,257,24155,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-43371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-buckingham-palace","10":"tag-ceremony","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-king","14":"tag-london","15":"tag-soldiers","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114386365513258945","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}