Will be in London in Mid June and would like to attend the Ceremony of the Keys. I need the address as I have not sent for tickets in quite a few years. Can anyone help me out?

I haven't been there myself yet but hopefully this is what you're looking for. www.hrp.org.uk

Thanks for the quick response Cody, but what I need is the address to write to for tickets (which do not cost anything) to attend the Ceremony of the Keys which occurs nightly after the Tower is closed. I have attended on two other occassions but it has been about 10 years since I last attended the Ceremony

http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/...ofthekeys.aspx

The Resident Governor and Keeper of the Jewel House
Queen's House
HM Tower of London
London EC3
U.K.

Worked for me! I have my tickets for June.

Thanks much.

btw, I received my tickets within two weeks of mailing my request.

I guess snail-mailing stuff around the world is what one might expect from a 1,000 year-old institution.

But don't they know about .pdf documents and email?

Here's to TRADITION!

Ah, yes. Tradition.

Let's bring back coal fires for heating and cooking, horses in lieu of buses and underground trains, and stage coaches instead of automobiles and cross-country trains.

And who needs to fly through the air? Iron steamships were good enough for our grandfathers, and they're good enough for us.

Hand-copying documents worked for centuries, so why did we abandon it? And walking to a friend's house to see if they were home was a perfectly workable system - so why do we need cell phones?

Keep the Ceremony of the Keys (and I know you Must), but let's leave the postal exchanges in the 20th century, okay?

Be sure to send the requested reply envelope with the exact amount of postage, as specified. You might have to search a bit to get the reply coupons they require. Ask first at your local Post Office.

Have fun. We enjoyed the Ceremony a couple of years ago.
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I like the fact that it takes a little effort. Since it is free, if all it took was filling out a form on a webpage, many people would request the tickets that had little or no plans to attend - taking spots that would have gone to others.

Keith

Actually, sending for tickets doesn't eliminate the possibility of a no-show.

Okay - so make 'em PayPal a deposit as an incentive to cancel if they aren't coming. (The internet handles money, too.)

Hey, it could be worse. I requested tickets for the Colonel's review of Trooping the Colour (last dress rehearsal for the real thing, held the prior Saturday). You had to mail in an application in January or February, wait for them to hold the lottery and get back to you (got my notice 10 days ago), then send them a cheque, in pounds, drawn on a British bank within 21 days of the date of their letter (which is undated). I ended up having to Fed Ex my completed original form (no copies accepted) to the lady who owns the aparatment we are renting along with a self-addressed return envelope (6.5 inches by 4.25 inches, minimum), then send her £30+ via PayPal to cover the cost of the tickets (£10 each) plus postage. I'm still waiting for my tickets, but hope that I successfullly jumped through all the hoops.