Editing Foot guards (section)

===Public duties===
[[File:State Opening of Parliament 2015 (18165064562).jpg|thumb|The [[Grenadier Guards]] performing [[public duties]] during the 2015 [[State Opening of Parliament]] by Queen [[Elizabeth II]], accompanying her procession to the [[Palace of Westminster]].]]
The regiments of the foot guards are responsible for performing public duties, most notably mounting the [[King's Guard]] at [[St. James's Palace]] and [[Buckingham Palace]], as well as [[guard mounting|mounting]] the [[Windsor Castle]] Guard, and the [[Tower of London]] Guard, all key locations of significance to the monarchy. Although the regiments of foot guards perform the majority of these public duties, they occasionally are supported by other units in the [[British Armed Forces]] and the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].<ref name=householddivcere/>

Historically, the foot guards also manned ten other sentry posts around [[London]], including [[Horse Guards (building)|Horse Guards]], [[Savoy Place|Savoy Prison]], and [[Montagu House, Bloomsbury|Montagu House]].<ref name=householddivcere/>