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Historic Royal Palaces
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It is known as an infamous prison, but it wasn't built to be one
Henry VIII's fifth wife: young queen beheaded for adultery
Known as the ‘Nine Day Queen’, Lady Jane had the shortest reign in British history
Who was the real Guy Fawkes, the man behind the mask?
The Tower of London played an important role in the First and Second World Wars
Tried and sentenced to death for high treason
Prepare to be shocked by stories of the unfortunate prisoners who were tortured within the walls of the Tower of London.
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Tower of London
Included in palace admission (members go free)
Walk in the footsteps of those condemned to execution at the Tower of London on Tower Green and the Scaffold Site.
Learn why people ended up as prisoners in the Tower of London, in the very rooms where some of them were held.
Explore the stories of the Princes in the Tower and Sir Walter Raleigh in the infamous Bloody Tower.
Walk in the footsteps of the condemned King and stand on the spot of Charles I's execution, just outside Banqueting House.
Banqueting House