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In the UK during 1913–1914, the suffragette movement protested in an attempt to gain women the right to vote. After suffragette leaders were threatened, activists formed an all-female close protection unit to protect the leaders of the [[Women's Social and Political Union]] both from harassment by the general public and from arrest under the so-called [[Cat and Mouse Act]]. In the modern UK, the [[Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department]] of the [[Metropolitan Police]] is responsible for the security of the [[British monarchy|Sovereign]].
In [[Holy See|the Vatican]], [[the Pope]] and other senior [[Roman Curia|Vatican]] officials are protected by the [[Pontifical Swiss Guard]], [[Swiss mercenaries|Swiss mercenary]] soldiers who act as
In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, most bodyguards are former or current [[police]] officers, or sometimes former [[military]] or other [[government agency]] personnel.
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