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Two, she is nonetheless in danger of being upstaged by the two Yeoman Warders flanking the group, who are wearing their “undress” uniform, which was granted to them in 1858 by Queen Victoria.

In their day-to-day duties, Beefeaters now wear a dark blue and red "undress" uniform, while at the private club they can relax in everyday clothes.

In their day-to-day duties, Beefeaters now wear a dark blue and red "undress" uniform, while at the private club they can relax in everyday clothes.

The coat, an undress uniform of the Royal Navy, already slightly old fashioned when it was made in the late 18th century, had never left England since 1805, when it came back in a sea chest on the same ship that carried the body of Horatio Nelson preserved in a barrel of brandy.

Nelson's undress uniform, which he changed into as his fleet sailed into battle almost 208 years ago, is to be loaned to the Musée de l'Armee in Paris as part of its forthcoming exhibition on Napoleon and Europe.