Yeomen of the Guard
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The King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a bodyguard of the British monarch. The oldest British military corps still in existence, it was created by King Henry VII in 1485 after the Battle
Beefeaters on duty as the Queen's bodyguard at the State Opening of Parliament (2022).
1902 depiction of Henry Tudor on Crown Hill, surrounded by his Yeomen. Note the hawthorn bush in which Richard III's crown was reportedly found.
French Gardes Écossaises, from a 1610 drawing.
A long corridor in Hampton Court Palace. Here the Guard lined along the walls, forming a security cordon as the King passed.
Yeomen Warders
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The Yeomen Warders of His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and Members of the Sovereign's Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary, popularly known as the Beefeaters, are c
Yeomen of the Guard
…King Henry VII in 1485 after the Battle of Bosworth Field. The Yeomen of the Guard are popularly known as Beefeaters, a nickname they share with the Yeomen Warders of the Tower of London. The kings of England always had bodyguards surrounding them. The Anglo-Saxon kings had their house guards, and the Danish kings…
A Tower Warder (Beef Eater) 1893
Moira Cameron, the first female Yeoman Warder
Tower of London, residential house.
Yeoman Warder wearing a cloak with red collar and red inner lining