An entertaining Beefeater tour at the Tower of London

[@polky50]

What a wonderful character, a great way to teach young, and old visitors, all about our amazing history. Smashing guy. Have been a few times to the tower ,he makes me want to go there again, to catch up on what I missed

[@jaytc3218]

If you’ve never seen Yeoman Warder Bill Callaghan doing his tours, they’re great. He has since retired but he can still be enjoyed on KZbin.

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

This guy is simply fantastic ! Cheers from Canada .

[@chillycheeks5318]

Our first tour was with Bill Callaghan who was fabulous but now retired. We have had several tours since with other Beefeaters who are all excellent. They work hard at their craft and are interesting and entertaining. If you visit the Tower be sure to take the tour. You will be well rewarded, it’s a great 45 mins. They bring the Tower and it’s associated British history to life! We look forward to another visit, hopefully.

[@margaretpreston6796]

Thanks for posting this. I have a photo of our young sons taken with this guy when we visited.

[@cherylthorpe4087]

Just got started with this, and I can tell this man is a showman! He's great!

[@billygnasher]

Even I would have enjoyed History lessons with this guy absolutely Brilliant.

[@antowens6276]

He is brilliant! Love his delivery, obvious vast knowledge and passion for passing it on.

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLARXIII]

You've got to be an ex soldier to be a beefeater

[@TheHypernaught]

great guys. veterans and funny. Super heroes of Britain.

[@Ranillon]

When I visited the Tower in September it was this exact same beefeater who gave our tour. He was just as good then as this video.

[@ronlamanna8908]

cool...

[@factnotfictionpeople1313]

Scripted or not - and so much of it I reckon is not - these people are superb teachers of history!

[@theodoremaximillios1797]

@Kane Ismael tf my guy

[@sarahwhitehead2438]

Big Bill will always be me favourite!

[@ianwyj1]

Excellent tour; he's got a touch of Edward Fox in his presentation.

[@angelapugh4881]

If my school history teachers had been anywhere near as good as these guys I'd have learned a lot more. Brilliant presentations by well versed presenters. I can' wait to visit Londonium again

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLARXIII]

Exactly..You'll remember this..

[@Thecollegeadmissionsconsultant]

I know this guy!!! He came to me, and told me to get my 2 year old son... he was in the gates with the ravens!!! And then, he had to go get him for me, because I could not get into the gate.

[@marklatimer7333]

Finding a sergeant with a sense of humour is up there with the labours of Hercules.

[@richardmeyer418]

Get them away from their duty to mould troops and some are extremely human - and funny.

[@cogidubnus1953]

Had to smile at "severance pay"...and later on love that kiddy... I think I like Bill Callaghan's commentary the best, but this is a wonderful (and very different), alternative...

[@SuperBurlesqueGirl]

This must be one of the Royal Marines Bill mentioned ;)

[@factnotfictionpeople1313]

Can't be - he wasn't holding anyone's hand! LOL

[@lingofranca3034]

Great guy! A marvellous example of how a real tour should be done :)

[@stephenh5372]

Lovely entertaining video. And a guy enjoying his work. And he's bloody good at it also.

[@hannecatton2179]

Superb ! Like all the Yeoman Warders at Tower.

[@rambler241]

What a great performer, and what a voice!

[@HamelinSong]

They are all ex military, they know how to shout 😂

[@Vejur9000]

He’s very good. He makes it fun and entertaining. I love the nonplussed expressions on some of the tourists....

[@magalahi02]

"It could have been all yours if you'd paid your taxes"...I died! As an Royalist American I say, God Save the Queen!

[@hiddenwoodsben]

would you be upset if i stood up proclaimed "god shave the queen!"?

[@alan74453]

Not if you`re sean connery..

[@Derpasaurusrex1]

An honest man has no country but his own.

[@-----REDACTED-----]

You mean Loyalist American

[@perperson199]

magalahi02 A proper loyalist American. The best kind

[@TheHouseOfJokes]

First-rate youtube video. Thank you for revealing it.

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

He's got more personality than the last video I watched lol!

[@stevesandford1437]

It's amazing that these guys, all ex-servicemen, receive no formal training in how to present the script! (They just adapt it themselves.) Their memory and dramatic delivery might put many trained actors to shame! xx SF

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Their years as NCOs in the armed forces trains them for speaking in front of crowds in a commanding fashion.

[@masterwebbe3683]

This is an example of excellent commentary. The bar just got set high.

[@santinoalfredo390]

great camera work dude

[@gaiusmarius4112]

Been there once I enjoyed listening to these peeps :D

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLARXIII]

These beefeaters are really just actors..

[@Nilguiri]

Great tour. How much do they charge for this?

[@chrisohare7961]

Well done Taff you haven't changed since 3RHA days

[@gmf121266]

Are you Americans looking forward to all the History? Could have been all yours if you'd paid your taxes! LOL

[@kevinpiacente3456]

No thanks.

[@holdfast7657]

Ha, ha. Very good.

[@Bucky1836]

Sounds like a sore loser 😅

[@gmf121266]

@@Bucky1836Sorry but we beat you in round 2. 1812-1815. You signed a peace treaty before Andrew Jackson won the battle of New Orleans so it doesnt even count....sob sob.

[@Bucky1836]

@@gmf121266 yall were crying for help over them Germans 🧐🧐.....oh wait ....the windsors 🤣🤣🤣

[@CAPDude44]

Fun fact, Richard's deformities were very real, and not just a myth, as historians previously thought.

[@shellieeyre8758]

CAPDude44 - indeed; and the princes disappeared in the summer of 1483; there's really only one person culpable in their disappearance and/or death and that's the bloke who took the crown and was supposed to keep them safe.

[@brontewcat]

Are you sure? His skeleton showed one shoulder slightly higher than the other not a hunchback.

[@rambler241]

@@brontewcat Not a hunchback as you say. He suffered from scoliosis, severe curvature of the spine, as his skeleton showed when his skeleton showed when exhumed it Leicester in 2012. Shakespeare and many of his contemporaries didn't respect Richard, and so the "hunchback" myth was recorded for history.

[@lordeden2732]

To Jumped Up mart there is nothing wrong with calling the Yeoman of the Guard a BEEF EATER! Yeoman of the Guard is the official name and Beef Eater is a age old Nick Name used in Great affection by the Great British people.

[@stevetaylor9846]

As in "buffetiere".

[@ronlamanna8908]

Dickie Dover ripping yarns tours..he has a jack the ripper tour also..

[@koolyman]

how did you get the camera so stable?

[@steveholmes3471]

Fantastic what a lovely fella

[@MrDirtytricksss]

Dicky Dover ... Wonder if he's Ben Dovers dad ?

[@leod-sigefast]

I have heard that Scot free is from Old English or Old Norse 'Shott' meaning money or tax. Hence Scot free...meaning tax free

[@TravelAndDiscover]

The uniform creates a strange temporal contrast with the background.

[@PhillRobinson]

History like it was

[@kevinpiacente3456]

If anyone goes to the tower where they have the memorial with anne boylen name on it she was not executed there

[@holdfast7657]

Shame my history teachers weren't this entertaining.

[@Angie-GoneSoon]

Very entertaining!

[@yellowredyellow121]

Some of the Information about Richard III is out of date.

[@kevinpiacente3456]

If it took you more than 3 strokes you were no longer executioner

[@annabarham155]

Dicky Dover? What a shame his name wasn’t Ben! 🤣😂

[@erictaylor5462]

Can you be a vegetarian Beefeater?

[@koiil0148]

Eric Taylor beefeater was a nickname but it grew on them and became the more common way of talking about them and you actually need the rank of at least WO2 and 22 years in her majesties armed forces

[@erictaylor5462]

I know the history of the Beefeaters.

[@koiil0148]

Eric Taylor cool I’m hopping to become one I’ve served 12 years in the light dragoons so 10 more to go

[@erictaylor5462]

Good luck. And like the angry guy in the song says, You have to eat your meat.

[@koiil0148]

Eric Taylor thanks

[@dwboyle]

Lord Eden - if you don't know what you're talking about, please allow google to be your friend and discover the difference for yourself between Yeoman & Beefeaters - then you wont sound so foolish ;)

[@helenadoyle1041]

Wow I'm English and yet I still find him very hard to understand.

[@antonythurman2669]

anybody got his name

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[@darkdelta3377]

Wow....

[@Mr0Judo0Man]

He's a Yeoman not a Beefater

[@Puckoon2002]

The Yeoman Warders, to use their full name, are also known as Beefeaters, but no one really knows why.

[@benchscape5588]

Lol

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

Robinhood/Kevin Kostner... naw Robinhood/Richard Greene !!!

[@billgreen576]

Not a Beefeater

[@Puckoon2002]

Your wrong there Yeoman Warders have the nickname of Beefeaters.

[@russellwilliams1071]

NOT BEEFEATERS THAT'S A GIN THEY ARE YORMAN/WOMEN OF THE GUARD... OKAY....

[@Backs4more]

Russell Williams if you mean yeomen of the guard, you are partially right. They are also called beefeaters and have been for some 400+ years.

[@grandadmiralthrawn3412]

For some reason i'm getting Q vibes.

[@johnmckee7640]

Come on the scottish..