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John Blanke

A Black musician at the Tudor court

The Princes in the Tower

Murdered or survived – what happened to Edward and his younger brother Richard?

Anne Boleyn

How did Anne Boleyn become queen and why did Henry VIII execute her?

Catalina of Motril

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

Sir Walter Raleigh

This wild spirit found himself caged at the Tower of London

Eleanor of Provence

A powerful and political Queen

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