Show king georges keys play important part in tower tover of london ceremony the tower of london be beun besun un some years ago 0 Is pot not the grim jail it used usa to be b but ut the ceremony of installing in its constable and accepting the lie keys is as impressive as it ever was says finder magazine when field marshal lord milne was inducted into office the ceremony used was the same as in tudor days the coroner of the tower reads the lett letters els patent creating lord milne constable and the lord chamberlain in the name of the kin king presents him with the keys to the tower in the early da days s the constable was resident in the tower and gave his orders by word of mouth now kow the title is purely complimentary awarded to a soldier of distinction and the routine affairs of tile the onetime one time gloomy jail are conducted by a resident g governor 0 v lord milnes office is one of the old est in england and dates back to the time of the norman conquest certain privileges are attached to it such as corresponding directly with the king few subjects being accorded that honor in the time of the tudors the constable was usually a prelate of the church and received rich compensation for his duties A ritual no do less rigidly carried out than tile one of investing the constable is tile the ceremony that marks the passing of the towers keys each night the chief warder and the guard are the principal actors in this miniature drama halt balt who comes thereal challen challenges cs tle the guard the keys 11 the chief warder replies whose keys king georges Ce orges keys says the cliplef warder advance king georges keys alls well and with this tile the keys are carried to the resident governors quarters for the night |