History and Stories
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Sir Walter Raleigh
This wild spirit found himself caged at the Tower of London
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Who was the real Guy Fawkes, the man behind the mask?
Duleep Singh
The last Sikh Maharaja of the Punjab and former owner of the Koh-i-Noor diamond
William the Conqueror
England's first Norman King
Oliver Cromwell
Soldier, Statesman, Lord Protector
Catherine Howard
A young woman whose marriage to Henry VIII would end in tragedy
William III and Mary II
England's only joint sovereigns, who transformed Kensington Palace into a royal residence
Queen Charlotte
Wife of George III and mother to 15 children
The story of Banqueting House
Four hundred years of history and the site of a royal execution