- Title: Tower of London 'Beefeater' tours resume as COVID restrictions lifted
- Date: 19th July 2021
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 19, 2021) (REUTERS) YEOMAN WARDER, SPIKE ABBOTT, AT ENTRANCE TO THE TOWER OF LONDON / PEOPLE TAKING PHOTOS WITH ABBOTT YEOMAN WARDER, BARNEY CHANDLER, STANDING AT ENTRANCE TO TOWER OF LONDON PERSON TAKING PHOTO OF ABBOTT VISITORS GATHERED IN THE HISTORIC MOAT SURROUNDING TOWER OF LONDON CHANDLER SPEAKING TO VISITORS DURING TOUR TOP VIEW OF VISITORS DURING TOUR PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES OF CHANDLER
- Embargoed: 2nd August 2021 12:58
- Keywords: Beefeaters July 19 Tower of London Yeoman coronavirus covid freedom day lockdown restrictions tour warders
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Europe,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001EMIBVWN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Tours by the traditional wardens of the Tower of London, known as the Beefeaters, resumed on Monday (July 19) for the first time since the pandemic began.
The tours started again as England lifted most COVID restrictions, including limits on social distancing and mask-wearing.
Visitors at the Tower of London appeared happy to be shown around once again by the iconic Beefeaters, officially called Yeoman Warders.
The Tower of London, founded by William the Conqueror, has been a symbol of English royal power, wealth and terror for nearly a thousand years, acting variously as a fortress, a magnificent lodging and a prison to torture and execute enemies of the state
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's 'freedom day' was marred by so-called "pingdemic chaos" as a National Health Service app alerted hundreds of thousands of people to self-isolate, including the prime minister himself.
British society appears split on the restrictions: some want tough rules to continue as they fear the virus will keep killing people and overwhelm hospitals, but others have chafed at the most onerous restrictions in peacetime history.
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