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High Constables and Guard of Honour of the Palace of Holyroodhouse
Active16th Century (see History) – present
CountryUnited Kingdom
RolePalace Guard
Garrison/HQEdinburgh
Commanders
Ceremonial chiefHM The King
Insignia
Identification
symbol
Holyrood stag with cross between antlers, surmounted by a crown

The High Constables of Holyroodhouse are a small corps of ceremonial bodyguards at the Sovereign's official residence in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. Created in the early sixteenth century to protect the Monarch in residence at Holyrood, as well as to guard the Palace and Abbey, and enforce law and order within the precincts of the Palace and the Holyrood Abbey Sanctuary.

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