Comments on: At The Ceremony Of The Keys https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/11/at-the-ceremony-of-the-keys/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 14 Sep 2019 08:41:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Vicki Pearce https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/11/at-the-ceremony-of-the-keys/#comment-1313428 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 08:41:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176726#comment-1313428 I wonder what the little boy “John” wanted to be when he “grew up”!?

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/11/at-the-ceremony-of-the-keys/#comment-1313287 Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:30:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176726#comment-1313287 Agreed! And at least there isn’t a postscript to this post saying that the Tower and the ceremony off the keys is no longer with us – or the ravens come to that!

]]> By: David https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/11/at-the-ceremony-of-the-keys/#comment-1312957 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:50:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176726#comment-1312957 Anyone who snorts or dismisses age old tradition like this can get stuffed, as far as I’m concerned. It’s traditions like this that made –and make– England great.

]]> By: Greg Tingey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/11/at-the-ceremony-of-the-keys/#comment-1312794 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 07:07:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176726#comment-1312794 Been there, done that ..
Well worth it & amazingly impressive.
I think it’s the oldest continuous miltary ceremony in the world?

Vivat Regina

Oh yes:
the Bloody Tower where the young princes were murdered by their uncle Richard III
Err … NO
The young princes were alleged to have been murdered by the usurper Henry Tydder, who probably had them killed, himself in 11486 or thereabouts

]]> By: Pamela Traves https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/11/at-the-ceremony-of-the-keys/#comment-1312777 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 06:16:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176726#comment-1312777 These are Amazing Pictures. Wonderful to Se History as it is.??????????

]]> By: Adrienne Rowe https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/11/at-the-ceremony-of-the-keys/#comment-1312742 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 03:47:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176726#comment-1312742 Is there a similar ceremony to unlock the tower each morning?

]]> By: Jane https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/11/at-the-ceremony-of-the-keys/#comment-1312552 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:23:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176726#comment-1312552 Greetings from Vancouver.

Astonishing commitment to tradition and deeply felt, in a new world which changes by the day in so many ways.

]]> By: Richard Smith https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/11/at-the-ceremony-of-the-keys/#comment-1312483 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:30:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176726#comment-1312483 Oh dear GA what evidence do you have that Richard 111 murdered the Princes? I think we should be told.

]]> By: L E Williamson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/11/at-the-ceremony-of-the-keys/#comment-1312474 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 11:44:50 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176726#comment-1312474 Wonderful photos!

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/11/at-the-ceremony-of-the-keys/#comment-1312473 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 11:44:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176726#comment-1312473 Greetings from Boston,

GA, what a great piece (and pics) about the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower. Current Gentleman Porter John Keohane looks right out of central casting for the role. The lantern and keys are handsome too – tradition, tradition, tradition…

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