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Anne Boleyn

How did Anne Boleyn become queen and why did Henry VIII execute her?

The Tower of London and the Second World War

Life at the Tower of London during the Second World War

Elizabeth II at our palaces

Elizabeth II had a deep connection to the Tower of London and the other five palaces in our care

Sir Thomas More

Henry VIII's 'good servant, and God's first'

Sir Walter Raleigh

This wild spirit found himself caged at the Tower of London

Robert Dudley

Prisoner, favourite and Earl of Leicester

Matilda of Flanders

The formidable Queen Consort of William I, who helped establish the Norman dynasty.

Eleanor of Provence

A powerful and political Queen

Elizabeth of York

The original Tudor Queen, and wife of Henry VII