Palace Guards. How are they trained (and agree) to stand still for hours? How do they endure it?

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And also why do they still exist? Can’t a regular soldier do the same thing?

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In Sweden the palace guards are just regular conscripts. They’re told to stand there for 4 hours, and then get replaced. It’s boring but not hard. I’ve done it

We had a path we could march when we got bored like 5 meters away and then 5 meters back.