The Australian Ambassador has a small but heavily armed guard when he has tea by the swimming pool.
He lives round the corner from us and yesterday evening while we were sitting on the terrace of the big local hotel watching the sun go down, an intense looking young Australian with an ENORMOUS gun appeared. He scanned everything, the people and the walls, even the flowerpots. A discreet nod and a few more arrived. They sat drinking cold pepsi and then finally the ambassador arrived to sit by the pool and sip tea.
It was all very colonial.