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From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Date: 20070904
Author:ROBERT BARR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROBERT BARR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
09-04-2007

Beefeaters finally get equal rites -- British corps has first woman member
By ROBERT BARR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 09-04-2007, Tuesday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions

LONDON - The first woman to join the ranks of the Beefeaters in their more than 500-year history has mastered the Ceremony of the Keys, the nightly locking-up ritual of the Tower of London guards.

But she says she is still learning the bloody history of the site, which holds the Crown Jewels, to prepare for guiding more than 2 million visitors every ...

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