History and stories
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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
Coronations Past and Present
An ancient ceremony, largely unchanged for a thousand years