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at the tower of london manchester british 1960 beefeater-bill-callaghan . jpg bill callaghan -lrb- beefeater -rrb-
 william `` bill '' callaghan yeoman historian subject = king henry viii , the monarchy , warder british history , tower of london , social history after dinner speaker genre = sarcastic ,
bill callaghan -lrb- beefeater -rrb-

william `` bill '' callaghan is a yeoman warder at hm tower of london , who came into the media spotlight when youtube footage of one of his tours , taken by american tourist jerry clark in december 2010 , received more than 1.5 million hits .
his sarcastic and dry style of delivery is very un-politically correct and jovially mocks everyone from the royal marines , french , elderly and hollywood actor mel gibson .
whilst the london evening standard headed their report with `` tower warder 's comic beefs captivate 1m on youtube '' .
during the london 2012 olympic games , callaghan tweeted that in one of his tours over that period he had lambasted his audience to `` get a move on as there were athletes two miles down the road with no legs moving faster '' .
the youtube video , shows callaghan asking elderly people on his tour to hurry up because they might not have long left to live .
to roars of laughter , he says : `` i do n't care if you are limping .
catch up .
old people !
it is an amazing fact that the elderly just do not realise how little time they may have left . ''
moving onto the subject of traitors ' gate , he jokes , `` mel gibson should have been brought through these gates and given a really hefty slap over the colossally inaccurate comedy film `` braveheart '' . ''
callaghan also tells a group of tourists , `` history is nearly always written by the people who win .
this explains all the empty pages in the french history books . ''
