360° after 40: At 42, Moira Cameron breaks 1,000 years of tradition

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Moira Cameron who had spent 22 years as an army accountant decided that she had had enough of her career and needed a radical change. She got to a point where she would have chosen a career as either a plumber or an electrician, but luckily, she choose tourism and with that decision she singlehandedly turned British history upside down.

During my recent visit to London, I visited the Tower of London under the strong advisement of my good friend who’s been living in London for a few years now.

She said, you might spend a couple of hours … well I ended up spending half a day because I was so captivated by the wealth of historical facts and artefacts (after all this is where Anne Boleyn was executed).

The Tower of London has over 1,000 years of history and for about 1,000 years has been guarded by male Beefeaters. There are currently 34 Beefeater men and since 2007, one female … Moira Cameron.

Historically, The Yeomen Warders of Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, popularly known as the Beefeaters, are ceremonial guardians of the Tower of London. In principle they are responsible for looking after any prisoners at the Tower and safeguarding the British crown jewels, but in practice they act as tour guides and are a tourist attraction in their own right, a point the Yeoman Warders acknowledge. – source Wikipedia. Nowadays, Beefeaters act more like tour guides than guards.

Today, at 42, Moira Cameron definitely broke the “testosterone” glass ceiling … to put it mildly.

‘360° after 40’ is a celebration of your first monumental accomplishments after 40 (if you’ve passed 40) or your DESIRED ‘first monumental accomplishments after 40’ (if you’ve not yet added 40 candles on your birthday cake). Thanks for sharing!