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James I and Anne of Denmark

Generous, scholarly James and his cultured wife

Catalina of Motril

A Tudor servant with one of English history’s greatest secrets

Henry VI

Intelligent and generous, he lived in his father's shadow and was killed for his throne

Elizabeth of York

The original Tudor Queen, and wife of Henry VII

Yeoman Warders at the Tower of London

The ‘Beefeaters’ have been guarding the Tower since Tudor times

LGBT Royal Histories

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer histories in our palaces

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

Who was the real Guy Fawkes, the man behind the mask?

Edward Francis

Edward Francis, an enslaved African who lived at the Tower of London

Duleep Singh

The last Sikh Maharaja of the Punjab and former owner of the Koh-i-Noor diamond