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Articles from January 2008
- Homecoming troops parade in city
- First all-female watch at St James's Palace
- Dragoon Guards to return home from Iraq
- Colonel "Kate" savill dies aged 101
Subscribe to articles by RSS.First all-female watch at St James's Palace
26th January 2008
As Britain's frontline regiments are busy with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, female officers from the Queens Royal Lancers are taking the place of their male counterparts to guard St James Palace.
The Royal Family's guard really is changing.
As Britain's frontline regiments are busy with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, women are being called up to guard London's palaces.
Here, pictured for the first time, are female guards on sentry duty outside St James's Palace.
The officers, from the Queen's Royal Lancers, are part of the changing face of royal residences, which traditionally have men at the gates.
The women marched in front of St James's - the senior palace of the sovereign - before standing stock-still in their boxes.
Last year female members of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery were the first women to guard Windsor Castle in its history.
Female officers have been sporadically guarding Buckingham Palace for at least a year.
An Army spokesman said: "We don't separate women by gender as guards, but note that we are busy militarily at the moment, so more women may be seen on guard duty."