Talk:Gold Stick and Silver Stick

Merger
I merged Gold Stick and Silver Stick. If anyone can think of a better title please rename. &mdash;Quarl (talk) 2006-01-24 08:24Z 


 * What about Precious Sticks? :-D Waltham, The Duke of 02:26, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Ceremonial since when and why?
Since what time are these offices merely ceremonial? What arrangement(s) as to actual bodyguards of the Sovereign followed? I assume actual bodyguards must have existed at all times, right? -- 77.7.156.119 (talk) 11:21, 11 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Royal protection duties are now mainly handled by the police. Credulity (talk) 10:48, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Gold Stick-in-Waiting
It says that Silver Stick-in-Waiting is the deputy to Gold Stick. Is Gold Stick-in-Waiting the deputy to Silver Stick? Or is there no Gold Stick-in-Waiting? How exactly do they function in a protective capacity during processions, like at Trooping the Colour and the Queen's Diamond Jubliee Parade? When the Queen travels by car, she always has an armed police protection officer in the front seat, who always gets out of the car before her and walks a few steps behind, watching the crowd. Are there Met bodyguards dressed as footmen or soldiers close at hand to respond to an attack? I know one of the state limousines is always in the back of the procession. 74.69.11.229 (talk) 15:34, 26 December 2012 (UTC)