Released on = December 21, 2006, 6:12 pm

Press Release Author = Popo\'s Online Travel Agency

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Popos Travel offers free tickets to Ceremony of the Keys at
Tower of London.

Press Release Body = The Tower of London is on every tourist\'s top places to see. It
was founded nearly a thousand years ago and has protected, housed, imprisoned and
been for many the last sight they saw on Earth.

It has been the seat of British government, living quarters of monarchs, it has
housed lions and bears and home of the Crown Jewels.

But there is one facet of the Tower that very few people have witnessed, and that is
the Ceremony of the Keys.

The Ceremony of the Keys is the traditional locking up of the Tower of London
conducted at night after all the tourists have left.

It is one of the oldest and most colorful ceremonies of its kind, having taken place
for the last 700 years in much the same form as it is seen today.

Every night at exactly seven minutes to 10 o\'clock the Chief Warder emerges from the
Byward Tower wearing his long red coat and Tudor bonnet, carrying in one hand a
candle lantern and in the other hand the Queens Keys.

The Chief Warder moves along Water Lane to Traitors Gate where his escort provided
by one of the regiments of Foot Guards awaits him. He hands the lantern to an
escorting soldier and the party moves to the outer gate. En route all guards and
sentries salute the Queens Keys.

After locking the outer gate the Chief Warder and escort retrace their steps. The
great oak gates of the Middle and Byward Towers are locked in turn. They now return
along Water Lane towards Traitors Gate where in the shadows of the Bloody Tower
archway a sentry waits.

When the party approaches the sentry challenges, \"Who goes there?\" The Chief Warder
answers: \"The Keys.\" \"Whose Keys?\" the sentry demands. \"Queen Elizabeth\'s Keys.\"
\"Pass Queen Elizabeth\'s Keys. All\'s well\" is the sentry\'s final rejoinder.

The party then proceeds through the Bloody Tower archway and up towards the steps
where the main guard is drawn up. The Chief Warder and escort halt at the foot of
the steps and the officer in charge gives the command to present arms.

The Chief Warder moves two paces forward, raises his Tudor bonnet high in the air
and calls \"God preserve Queen Elizabeth.\" The guard answers \"Amen\" just as the clock
chimes ten and the bugler sounds Last Post.

The Chief Warder takes the keys to the Queens House and the guard is dismissed.

Every night a small group of tourists are escorted into the Tower to witness the
Ceremony. If you are visiting London and would like free tickets to see The Ceremony
of the Keys please go to http://www.ytb.com/PoposTravel or call 909 240 8715.

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