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Female bodyguard services are becoming increasingly popular with many VIPs employing female bodyguards to protect them, their children and their families.  Women celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Beyonce Knowles, Sharon Stone, Rhianna and J K Rowling, to name just a few, often gravitate toward female bodyguards. The preference is to have a protector who is attentive, alert, quick on their feet, and won't draw attention in public, the way a 6'5, 350 pound man would.

For some VIP's, even having a Bodyguard on hand can feel disruptive to living a "normal" life. For example a female celebrity accompanied by a female Bodyguard is a more natural fit and less obtrusive, just as a female bodyguard with children appears much more natural than an awkwardly large man would appear. Remembering that as a Bodyguard we are the grey person not the “Man in Black", the idea is to blend in, not to stick out and potentially draw more attention to your client.

Female clients with female Bodyguards appear more natural, the Bodyguard can often be mistaken as a friend.

And it's not only women that use female bodyguards. It's now becoming more popular to see men with female bodyguards. There are various reasons for this; again coming back to the brains not brawn attitude, also practical reasons, many places such as restaurants do not allow “security” inside. They can come in initially to check that everything is satisfactory but then are commonly asked to wait in the lobby or outside. Females can get around this quite easily and more discretely, they can come in and sit down at the table or at a table nearby and nobody would be any the wiser. She places herself in an appropriate location to be able to react if a situation should arise.

Kate Middleton with her bodyguard Emma Probert

Far from being there to protect Kate Middleton's crisp white frock from creases and spillages, though, elegant Emma Probert was there to protect her life.

The Duchess of Cambridge is just the latest A-lister to put her life in the hands of a lady -- close protection officer 39-year-old Sergeant Probert. Other celebs to favor a female bodyguard in the past include her husband Prince William, Nicole Kidman, Katie Price and Justin Bieber. And Colonel Gaddafi was flanked by 40 female bodyguards, known as The Revolutionary Nuns…

Women can easily be mistaken as a partner rather than a protector. Also from a legal perspective female bodyguards are a far safer bet. You hear about Bodyguards "attacking" paparazzi all the time in the media, these Bodyguards always tend to be male, as the footage that is conveniently captured by another photographer tends to show.

World famous Gaddafi female bodyguards

Women are much less intimidating. A woman putting their hand up to protect their client is seen as far less aggressive than a large man carrying out the same action, and therefore less likely to provoke aggression from the Paparazzi or whoever. Less aggression leads to less law suites in the long run and therefore a quieter life for your V.I.P, which remember is the reason you, the Bodyguard have been employed in the first place!