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Mo Mowlam

A unique Northern Ireland Secretary and Hillsborough Castle resident

Henry VI

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

The Field of Cloth of Gold

Henry VIII's historic meeting with his great rival François I in 1520 was a defining point in his reign

A history of royal weddings

From Queen Victoria to the modern royals

Mehmet von Königstreu

An Ottoman gentleman at George I’s Court

Tower of London Prison

The Tower is known as an infamous prison, but it wasn't built to be one

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.

Thomas Wolsey

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