{"id":111,"date":"2007-09-03T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=111"},"modified":"2016-09-15T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T20:54:09","slug":"feminism-reaches-tower-of-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/feminism-reaches-tower-of-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Feminism Reaches the Tower of London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moira Cameron, a 38-year-old Scottish woman, became the first woman Beefeater today. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/76486959\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:72.727273% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/76486959?et=cS4I4X7qSAx-DQk0k4rp2A&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=0607WgbEnYGSxqqh11mlL8psBDg6jUAuQFBiipMwgQU=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"432\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This makes me happy, not only because I love ground-breaking women, but also because  the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yeomen_Warders\">Yeoman Warders<\/a> (&#8220;Beefeater&#8221; is a nickname for the Yeoman Warders) protect the crown jewels. And you know how I feel about jewels!   As for the Tower of London, some people think of it only as a prison where Anne Boleyn was beheaded, but it also served as living quarters for royalty. In fact, Anne Boleyn was housed in the Tower of London as an honor before her coronation &#8230; only to return there under dire circumstances just three years later.<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, I have a photo of my Xenobia ring visiting the Tower of London. The ring was ordered by my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/xenobia-in-bermuda\/\" target=\"_blank\">gorgeous client Angela <\/a>after I&#8217;d already left for London, so she asked me to show it the sights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigicaron.com\/vivat_regina.asp?path=ring_xenobia&amp;thumbstrip=0\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106174111069182274\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/RtzGTOOTGUI\/AAAAAAAAAY0\/tJ-qYJUkI54\/s320\/20070427_0448.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>If you go visit the Tower, don&#8217;t mess with the ravens! They&#8217;re as big as Thanksgiving turkeys and they bite!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/RtzH0-OTGVI\/AAAAAAAAAY8\/OyulqjZo03o\/s1600-h\/20070427_0452.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106175790401395026\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/RtzH0-OTGVI\/AAAAAAAAAY8\/OyulqjZo03o\/s320\/20070427_0452.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moira Cameron, a 38-year-old Scottish woman, became the first woman Beefeater today. Embed from Getty Images This makes me happy, not only because I love ground-breaking women, but also because the Yeoman Warders (&#8220;Beefeater&#8221; is a nickname for the Yeoman Warders) protect the crown jewels. And you know how I feel about jewels! 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