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Thu 11 Nov 2009Tower of London beefeaters sacked for harassing first woman colleague
LONDON – Two ceremonial guards at the Tower of London have been sacked after an investigation upheld claims that they harassed the first woman to join their ranks at the 11th-century castle.
The unnamed yeoman warders, known as beefeaters, were suspended after the only woman to have become a warder in the Tower’s 500-year history accused them of harassment.
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