Editing Guard mounting (section)

===United Kingdom===
{{see also|Beating Retreat|Trooping the Colour|King's Guard}}
[[File:Towersentries.JPG|thumb|A sentry from the [[King's Colour Squadron]] of the Royal Air Force prepares to relieve a [[Coldstream Guard]]sman at the [[Tower of London]]]]
The [[King's Guard]] (called Queen's Guard when the reigning monarch is female) are the names given to the fully operational [[infantry]] and [[cavalry]] contingents of soldiers charged with guarding [[List of British Royal Residences|royal residences]] in the [[London District (British Army)|London District]] and [[Edinburgh]]. As a result, Guards are mounted at [[Buckingham Palace]], [[St James's Palace]], the [[Tower of London]], [[Windsor Castle]] and the [[Palace of Holyroodhouse]]. The [[British Army]]'s [[Household Division]], which consists of the [[Foot Guards]] and the [[Household Cavalry]] are normally responsible for mounting the King's Guard.

The original King's Guard predating the [[English Restoration]] consisted of the [[Troops of Horse Guards]] and [[Foot Guards]], which have since evolved and from the reign of [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]] have been responsible for guarding the Sovereign's palaces. The ceremony originally took place at the [[Palace of Whitehall]] until 1689, when it was moved to [[St James's Palace]]. After [[Queen Victoria]] moved into [[Buckingham Palace]] in 1837, The Queen's Guard remained at St James's Palace, while a detachment was moved to the new residence.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.householddivision.org.uk/changing-the-guard-origins| title = Origins - Changing the Guard - Ceremonial Events - The Household Division - Official site}}</ref>

Outside the Foot Guards, the [[King's Colour Squadron]] of the [[RAF]], the [[Brigade of Gurkhas]] and the [[Royal Marines]] also periodically mount the guard. In November 2017, the [[Royal Navy]] mounted the guard for the first time in since its establishment with a company-sized detachment formed of volunteers from 45 ships and shore establishments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2017/november/24/171124-royal-navy-declared-ready-to-mount-historic-first-public-duties|title=Royal Navy declared ready to mount historic first public duties|date=24 November 2017|website=Royal Navy}}</ref> for two weeks, the first time that the Royal Navy had formed the Queen's Guard in its own right (rather than being represented by the Royal Marines).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2017/november/17/171117-a-first-time-honour-for-the-royal-navy |title=A first time honour for the Royal Navy |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=17 November 2017 |website=Royal Navy |access-date=18 November 2017 }}</ref> The first foreign troops to mount a King or Queen's Guard were members of the [[117th (Eastern Townships) Battalion, CEF|117th (Eastern Townships) Battalion]] of the [[Canadian Expeditionary Force|CEF]] in 1916, with [[Canada]] having since mounted the most guards out of any foreign country since then. In 2000, the [[Australia's Federation Guard|Australian Federation Guard]] performed public duties in London while being led by the first ever female guard commander in history.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/814637.stm Women and Skippy guard Buckingham Palace] BBC News, 1 July 2000</ref> In 2008, the 1st Battalion, [[Royal Malay Regiment]] became the first country where the British Sovereign is not [[head of state]] to mount the guard.<ref>[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/FirstMuslimBattalionGuardsTheQueen.htm First Muslim Battalion Guards the Queen] MOD Website, 2 May 2008 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506081232/http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/FirstMuslimBattalionGuardsTheQueen.htm |date=6 May 2008 }}</ref>