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A behind-the-scenes tour

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Enjoy a tour of the Execution Site where some of the great names of history died by order of the state.

1. 

   The Execution Site

   Yeoman Gaoler Victor Lucas tells the story of this historic site near the Tower of London.

   Copyright: Historic Royal Palaces

2. 

   Sally Dixon (high)

   Sally Dixon, a Curator at the Tower of London.