2-634-875 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Saluting the King's keys at the Tower of London, c1903 (1903). The Ceremony of the Keys, that occurs every night at the Tower of London, since 1340. At 9.53pm the Chief Yeoman Warder, accompanied by a military escort, begins the procession to close the main gates of the Tower. From Living London, Vol. III, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]