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Historic Royal Palaces
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The Tower of London is known as an infamous prison. But it wasn't built to be one
The Crown Jewels, displayed in the Jewel House at the Tower of London are used at the coronation of a sovereign
Anne Boleyn failed to give Henry VIII a son. She paid with her life
Our installation marked the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War
‘Golden prince’ turned bloated bully. But was this infamous king all bad?
She reigned for 63 years ; by the time she died, Britain was transformed
Katherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s most devoted wife and queen?
A brief history of the famous royal gardens at Hampton Court Palace
For over 600 years, the Tower housed a menagerie of exotic wild animals