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DSC02968.JPG - A Beefeater (Yeoman) at the entrance to the Tower of London. Yeomen Warders act as official guards of this royal residence which started off as a palace but gained its notoriety as the most infamous prison. Whoever entered the Tower, was unlikely to leave it alive. Orisoners were brought in on a barge through Traitors’ Gate. The most famous prisoner of the Tower who did manage to get out alive was Queen Elizabeth I, Henry VIII’s daughter. (District and Circle Line: Tower Hill Station)

A Beefeater (Yeoman) at the entrance to the Tower of London. Yeomen Warders act as official guards of this royal residence which started off as a palace but gained its notoriety as the most infamous prison. Whoever entered the Tower, was unlikely to leave it alive. Orisoners were brought in on a barge through Traitors’ Gate. The most famous prisoner of the Tower who did manage to get out alive was Queen Elizabeth I, Henry VIII’s daughter. (District and Circle Line: Tower Hill Station)

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