History and Stories
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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
William the Conqueror
England's first Norman King
Anne Boleyn
How did Anne Boleyn become queen and why did Henry VIII execute her?
The Princes in the Tower
Murdered or survived – what happened to Edward and his younger brother Richard?
George III
Dutiful, intelligent and cultured, but cruelly labelled ‘mad’
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Who was the real Guy Fawkes, the man behind the mask?
Arbella Stuart
From contender for the throne to prisoner in the Tower of London
Catherine Duleep Singh
The Indian Princess who became a 'guarantor' to Jewish refugees escaping Nazi Germany, and an icon for LGBTQ+ South Asian women