Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace

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military ceremony public event tourist attraction

The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace is a ceremonial handover of duties between regiments of the British Army, featuring precise drill and military music, performed outside the official London residence of the monarch.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Changing of the Guard ceremony 2
Old Guard at Buckingham Palace 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military ceremony ⓘ
public event ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
audience London residents ⓘ
tourists ⓘ
visiting dignitaries ⓘ
city London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dressCode bearskin caps ⓘ
full dress uniform ⓘ
red tunics ⓘ
frequency regularly scheduled ⓘ
guarding monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
official London residence of the monarch ⓘ
hasPart New Guard ⓘ
Old Guard ⓘ
ceremonial music ⓘ
formal handover of duties ⓘ
inspection of the guard ⓘ
marching ⓘ
military band performance ⓘ
precise drill ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Buckingham Palace ⓘ
musicGenre arrangements of popular tunes ⓘ
marches ⓘ
military music ⓘ
notableFeature free to watch ⓘ
highly choreographed drill ⓘ
open-air performance ⓘ
organisedBy British Army ⓘ
Household Division ⓘ
performedBy Band of the Household Division ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Foot Guards ⓘ
Household Division ⓘ
regiments of the British Army ⓘ
purpose ceremonial handover of guard duties ⓘ
public display of military tradition ⓘ
symbolic protection of the monarch ⓘ
relatedTo Changing of the Guard ⓘ
surface form: Changing of the Guard at Windsor Castle

Household Cavalry ⓘ
Trooping the Colour ⓘ
takesPlaceAt Buckingham Palace forecourt ⓘ
Buckingham Palace railings ⓘ
The Mall, London ⓘ
Wellington Barracks ⓘ
tourismSignificance one of London’s most popular free attractions ⓘ
typicalDuration about 45 minutes ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grenadier Guards → ceremonialDuty → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Irish Guards → ceremonialDuty → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Scots Guards → ceremonialDuty → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Welsh Guards → ceremonialDuty → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Coldstream Guards → ceremonialRole → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Guards Division (informal for Foot Guards element) → ceremonialRole → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
subject surface form: Guards Division
Queen's Guard → ceremonialRole → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Changing of the Guard ceremony
Old Guard → hasAlternativeName → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Guard at Buckingham Palace
Parliament Hill → notableEvent → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Changing of the Guard ceremony
Foot Guards → notableFor → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Household Division → notableFor → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Band of the Household Division → performsAt → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Household Division of the British Army → responsibleFor → Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
subject surface form: Household Division