Introduction to the locking ceremony: Every day at ten o'clock in the evening, the guards will perform a locking ceremony, because the Tower of London is closed at night. According to tradition, no one can enter or leave London from the evening to the next morning for any reason. tower.
The ceremony is conducted by a warden, escorted by a sergeant and three guardsmen, wearing bright red coats and high black leather hats. The warden locked the outermost door first, then the door of the central tower, and finally the door of the side castle. Back in the inner city, he was challenged by a sword-wielding officer. The guards drew their weapons; the warden raised his Tudor hat and shouted, "God protect Queen Elizabeth!" The bells struck the hour, and a bugler blew the clear, long "Vegete Calle," and the echoes Travel through 900 distant memories of the majestic Tower of London in the dark night.