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There are over 900 years of history to explore at the Tower of London. Behind the gates and within the towers, stories spread like moss along the crumbling stone walls – of kings and queens, prisoners and traitors, executions and royal ceremonies. There are of course, the famous Crown Jewels, glittering behind display cases for all to covet. A moving walkway on either side of the case prohibits standing and gawking, mouths agape, at the opulent splendor.

Elsewhere, at the scaffold site of the Tower Green, shudder as a Yeoman Warder dressed in traditional attire weaves the tale of execution of two of Henry VIII’s wives. Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were both beheaded at this very spot. Imagine the 13 years of imprisonment Sir Walter Raleigh endured, as you tour the Bloody Tower where he was confined with his family. Throughout the grounds, a population of Ravens adds to the doom and gloom. Legend has it King Charles II was told that if the Ravens ever left, the monarchy would fall. There have been Ravens here ever since.