Yeomen of the Guard and the Early Tudors

The Queen''s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard is the world''s oldest surviving royal bodyguard, having been founded by Henry VII in 1485. Today it is purely a ceremonial body, but in the past it was a true bodyguard and the nucleus of a fighting force at a time when England had no standing army. Nevertheless, even in its early years, its ceremonial role was also of great importance, supplying...