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The Tower of London and the First World War

The Tower of London played an important role in the First World War

Elizabeth of York

The original Tudor Queen, and wife of Henry VII

Matilda of Flanders

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

Thomas Cromwell

The life and death of Henry VIII’s 'most faithful servant'

Tower of London remembers

First World War centenary commemorations at the Tower of London

John Blanke

A Black musician at the Tudor court

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