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Crown Princess Louise with her eldest child, early 1870s. Christian was born on 26 September 1870 at his parents' country residence, the Charlottenlund Palace, located on the shores of the Øresund Strait 10 kilometers north of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in Denmark, during the reign of his paternal grandfather, King Christian IX. [1]
The term somatophylakes is also used to refer to a member of the Royal Hypaspists, the agema, who acted as the King's bodyguard in battle.The Royal Pages would expect to begin their military service in this unit: thus Pausanias, Philip II's assassin was a member of this corps, not one of the Seven Bodyguards.
Sovereign's Bodyguard is the name given to three ceremonial units in the United Kingdom who are tasked with guarding the Sovereign. These units are: His Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms – formed 1509; King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard – formed 1485
Lieutenant General Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne, the Regimental Colonel of the Life Guards and Gold Stick-in-Waiting during the Coronation Procession of Charles III. Although now only in evidence on ceremonial and state occasions, the office of Gold Stick dates from Tudor times, when two officers were placed close to the Sovereign's person to protect him or her from danger. [3]
A Royal Affair (Danish: En kongelig affære) is a 2012 drama film [1] directed by Nikolaj Arcel, starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander and Mikkel Følsgaard.The story is set in the 18th century, at the court of the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark, and focuses on the romance between his wife, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, and the royal physician Johann Friedrich Struensee.
Peacock has unveiled the trailer for a new Diddy documentary in which his bodyguard, intern, makeup artist and producer speak out against the disgraced music mogul. “Honestly, I didn’t want to ...
In 2022, Hallett portrayed King Constantine II of Scotland in season 5 of the Netflix historical drama The Last Kingdom. [8] The following year, he reprised his role as King Constantine II in the film The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die , in which a fictionalised version of the events of the Battle of Brunanburh are portrayed.
Barry Albert Mannakee (1 June 1947 – 15 May 1987) was a police officer with the Royal Protection Squad and bodyguard to Diana, Princess of Wales.Mannakee was transferred from his role as bodyguard for Diana following what was described as an "inappropriate" relationship between the two.