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The Tower's Mint

Guarding the production of all the country's precious coins for over 500 years

Duleep Singh

The last Sikh Maharaja of the Punjab and former owner of the Koh-i-Noor diamond

The Ceremony of the Keys

Centuries-old traditions of the Tower of London including the Ceremony of the Keys and Beating the Bounds.

The Tower of London Menagerie

For over 600 years, the Tower housed a menagerie of exotic wild animals

The Princes in the Tower

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

Edward Francis

Edward Francis, an enslaved African who lived at the Tower of London