Thursday, September 24, 2020

The Tower of London

I was lucky enough to visit London for the first time in 2015 and one of the greatest surprises was The Tower of London. I dunno what I'd been expecting, I guess I thought it was like a single tower? But it turned out to be like its own mini-village, and was a thrill to visit - which I did, as you can clearly see by the picture I cleverly provided!

When I stumbled into this Tower of London Facts article I kind of rolled my eyes re: okay, same old shit I'm sure, but this fact jumped out at me:

6. BEEFEATERS LIVE IN THE TOWER OF LONDON WITH THEIR FAMILIES. 
A 19th-century illustration of the vibrantly clad Yeomen Warders at the Tower of London. DUNCAN1890/GETTY IMAGES The Yeoman Warders (also known as Beefeaters) have been guarding the Tower since the Tudor era. Clad in a sharp red dress, these 37 men and women give tours of the fortress. Every night at 9:53 p.m., they lock the tower, a 700-year-old tradition called the Ceremony of Keys. Beefeaters and their families, around 150 people in total, live in the supposedly haunted Tower of London, and also frequent a secret pub in the fortress.

Dafuck? How is this not more of a known thing - how is this not a goddam tv reality show?!?!!?!

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