The beef-eaters -or Yeoman Warders-to give then their correct title, have retained the same uniform that they had in Tudor times.
Yeoman Warders. Beefeaters is only a nickname.
Their correct name is Yeoman Warders but they are often referred to as Beefeaters.
They do not, this sounds like confusion between the bearskin hats worn by Buckingham Palace's ceremonial guards. The hats worn by the Yeomen Wardens, aka 'Beefeaters', are small.
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Their correct title is Yeoman Warders, but they are often called "Beefeaters".In full, they are "Yeomen Warders of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and Members of the Sovereign's Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary"
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They are Ravens.
you can ask the Beefeaters.
because they were
They did'nt "dress up in costume", the Yeoman of the Guard (to give them their proper name) wear a uniform based on that worn in the elizabethan era, and it has'nt changed significantly since then. When it was new, it was a standard uniform for the day. Its no more costume than a moern soldier's uniform. It merely looks like costume to us because it now very old fashioned.