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William Kent

Royal artist, architect and designer to Georgian kings

9 surprising facts about the Tower of London Moat

The Tower of London Moat wasn’t always the dry ditch that it is today. Did you know it was once filled with fish? Or that it has been used as an allotment? Here are 9 surprising facts about the moat at the Tower of London.

William the Conqueror

England's first Norman King

Thomas Wolsey

Henry VIII’s right-hand man – until the King met Anne Boleyn

Mary I

The true story behind the ‘bloody’ Tudor queen

Henry VIII's lost Tudor gardens

Discover a vast, glittering complex of lost Tudor buildings

Matilda of Flanders

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

Catherine Howard

A young woman whose marriage to Henry VIII would end in tragedy