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50 facts about the Tower of London
How many of these essential highlights do you know?
George III
Dutiful, intelligent and cultured, but cruelly labelled ‘mad’
Tower of London Prison
The Tower is known as an infamous prison, but it wasn't built to be one
John Blanke
A Black musician at the Tudor court
Thomas Cromwell
The life and death of Henry VIII’s 'most faithful servant'
William the Conqueror
England's first Norman King
Sir Walter Raleigh
This wild spirit found himself caged at the Tower of London
Thomas Wolsey
Henry VIII’s right-hand man – until the King met Anne Boleyn
A History of Royal Jubilees
A look back at the history of royal jubilee celebrations through the ages.