Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London: How aptly the title states the major roles of this iconic structure. Rising next to the River Thames, it was once the largest ...

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More than five million people, including Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, saw the sea of 'poppies' that were installed in the Tower of London's moat in 2014. Now, nearly 30,000 of the original ...

Almost 30,000 ceramic poppies go on display at the Tower of London. Image: Historic Royal Palaces The Tower of London will be flooded with tens of thousands of blood-red poppies later this year ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, a new commemorative display of ceramic poppies will be installed at the heart of the Tower of London. Nearly 30,000 of the original ...

Although many social media posts claimed the photo was from 1988, it actually dated to 1989. Also, although Nation of Islam members may have participated in the rally, we did not find demonstrable ...

However, as Encyclopedia Britannica noted ... who spent some years as a prisoner in the Tower of London, wrote to his wife in February 1415 that he was "already sick of love" (by which he ...

Here are seven facts you may not know about the Tower of London. Queen Mary also imprisoned her half-sister Elizabeth I in in the tower in 1554, but she escaped the same fate as her mother due to ...

Euan Cherry/Getty King Charles is looped with the latest on the ravens at the Tower of London, a tradition with a superstitious history. The King, 75, is staying up to date on the birds that live ...

The Tower of London was built by William the Conqueror beginning in the 1070s. Throughout its long history, the mighty fortress has served many roles: As Encyclopedia Britannica writes, ...

Encyclopaedia Britannica defines a folly ... A trip to Severndroog in south-east London is one of London's great romantic adventures. The castellated tower stands high on Shooter's Hill, whose ...