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Meet the tower of London's new raven master

(2 Mar 2024) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4480909 ASSOCIATED PRESS London - 29 February 2024 1. Various of Michael "Barney" Chandler, newly appointed Ravenmaster at Tower of London, feeding ravens HEADLINE: Meet the tower of London's new raven master ANNOTATION: An old legend says that if the ravens leave the 11th-century tower beside the River Thames, the Kingdom of England will fall. ANNOTATION: Michael “Barney” Chandler has the important job of making sure that doesn’t happen. He is the new raven master, looking after the precious birds. 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael "Barney" Chandler, newly appointed Ravenmaster at Tower of London: "I take the responsibility very seriously and now that I’m Ravenmaster, there’s that extra responsibility on my shoulders, yeah. We don't know if it's true or not, because we've never let the number drop below six, and it's not going to happen while I'm here." 3. Close of raven 4. Various of Chandler feeding ravens ANNOTATION: The legend was told to King Charles II in the 17th century, who decreed there must always be six ravens in the tower. 5. Wide of Tower of London ANNOTATION: Chandler has many roles including maintaining the birds’ enclosures, arranging veterinary checkups and keeping them fed. 6. Tilt down from Tower of London to visitors 7. Close of Chandler ANNOTATION: If he does his job well, he keeps both the birds and the tourists happy. STORYLINE: If an ancient prophecy is right, Michael "Barney" Chandler has just got the most important job in England. The 56-year-old former Royal Marine is the new Ravenmaster at the Tower of London, responsible for looking after the feathered protectors of the 1,000-year-old fortress. According to legend, if the ravens leave the 11th-century tower beside the River Thames, its White Tower will crumble and the Kingdom of England will fall. In the 17th century, King Charles II was told of the prophecy and decreed that there must always be six ravens at the tower. "We take that responsibility very seriously," said Chandler. "And now that I’m Ravenmaster, there’s that extra responsibility on my shoulders." As for the prophecy, he said "we don’t know if it’s true or not, because we’ve never let the number drop below six -- and it’s not going to happen while I’m here." Chandler, who officially takes up the post on Friday, is one of the tower’s famous Yeoman Warders, part of a corps founded in the 15th century. Also known as Beefeaters, the warders are all military veterans who dress in distinctive black and scarlet Tudor-style uniforms and perform a hybrid role: providing security, leading tours of the tower and performing ceremonial duties. He heads a team of four other Beefeaters looking after the tower’s seven ravens — the six decreed by Charles II and a spare. They are Jubilee, Harris, Poppy, Georgie, Edgar, Branwen and latest addition Rex, who was named in honour of the coronation of King Charles III last year. The jet-black birds are a familiar feature at the landmark, which has served as arsenal, palace, prison, zoo and more recently tourist attraction. Built by King William I after his conquest of England in 1066, and it served as a royal residence for several hundred years, but is more famous as a prison. Nowadays, almost three million tourists come each year to soak up a millennium of history and see the glittering Crown Jewels, which are stored in the tower. Chandler is endlessly fascinated by the highly intelligent birds, which he says are as smart as a 7-year-old child. AP Video shot by Kwiyeon Ha Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...