When the Queen is in residence at Buckingham Palace the guard comprises of 3 officers and 40 men. Otherwise if will consist of 3 officers and 31 men. If the Royal Standard is flying over the Palace the Queen is home.
Source: Changing-guard.com
The guards are usually refered to as Guardsmen.
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"Buckingham Palace" - Anne Stephens (1941). Frequently heard on BBC's Children's Favourites radio programme.
The Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace. Christopher Robin was there with Alice.
Christopher Robin went to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace and was accompanied by his Nursemaid called Alice who was marrying one of the Guards. Grace Gray - (I know cos I was Christopher Robin many, many, many years" ago!)
You join a Regiment in the British Military that do that. You have the Scottish guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards, Grenadier Guards, RAF Regiment 61 Squadren
The royal guards!! DUH!!!!AnswerI assume you refer to the British Royal Guards. For any country, the Royal Guards are the special troops that protect the monoarchy and they may be called the "Palace Guards". For England, the Palace Guards are divided into 5 infantry regiments and two cavalry regiments. The names of these regiments used to guard Buckingham Palace and the other royal residences are:The Grenadier GuardsThe Coldstream GuardsThe Welsch GuardsThe Irish GuardsThe Scots GuardsThe Royal Horse Guards or The Blues and the RoyalsIn Britain the Queen's Life Guard, (cavalry), and Queen's Guard, ( foot guards), protect Buckingham Palace and other royal residences.The Life Guards stand guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to Buckingham and St James Palace.The Queen's Guard, drawn normally from one of the five regiments of foot guards, stand guard at Buckingham Palace, St James Palace, Clarence House and the Tower of London. Source: changing-guard.com
Over 800 members of staff are based at Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is guarded by the Queen's Guard. The Queens Guard is also stationed at St. James Palace, the Tower of London and Windsor Castle.