It's time for a few photos of the Tower of London. A group picture; a guard; Melanie and a Beefeater, also called a Yeoman Warder.
(Do you remember the correct pronunciation of "guard"? I told my students to remember the film "Bodyguard".... Remember we don't say [gWard]!! NO "W".
Beefeater???? Melanie adds some interesting information on the origin of this name:
'Some people think the name Beefeater comes from the French word - 'buffetier'. (Buffetiers were guards in the palace of French kings. They protected the king's food.) However, it is more probable that the name Beefeater comes from the time when the Yeomen Warders at the Tower were paid part of their salary with pieces of beef. This took place right up until the 1800s.'
Melanie
