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Originally Posted by Teger
About the speculation of Rhaegar and the Tower of Joy. The Kingsguard would guard him (and his offspring) regardless of his actions. Jaime recalls a speech from the leader of the Kingsguard during Aerys reign (was it Dayne? I forget), in which he's told that their job is not to judge, but to guard. With Rhaeger dead their duty falls to guarding the heir to the kingdom - Jon, the only surviving Tangaeryn. This would explain why they fight Ned and his retinue even though the war is over and the King and his son are both dead.
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The issue with that was, they were guarding Lyanna long before Rhaegar was dead. Or Aerys. Remember Eddard's dream of them in the Game of Thrones, "I looked for you on the Trident, and you were not there...etc etc" They left the king alone with Lannister, took no part in the rebellion, and guarded what amounts to a noble mistress with a bastard child -- not a true heir by the laws of Westeros -- while Rhaegar's wife and kids got raped and killed by Gregor Clegane. Jon Snow, if indeed he is Lyanna's kid, had no more legal claim to the throne than Robert Baratheon at the time of the rebellion, considering Rhaegar had a brother -- Viserys -- who would be heir to the Iron Throne after Rhaegar; and sister Dany was about to be born. (as far as I remember, she was born just after the sack of King's Landing)
That's why the Kingsguard at the Tower of Joy is still so suspicious, they had absolutely no reason in the context of their vows and the tradition of the Kingsguard to be there, other than Rhaegar telling them to; there was something terribly important there, for the the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Arthur Dayne, and Oswell Whent to be out in the middle of nowhere while the people they were sworn to protect were in mortal danger.
Rhaegar had to have convinced them that his bastard was more important than the kingdom.