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Palaces

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The story of Banqueting House

Four hundred years of history and the site of a royal execution

Historic hauntings at Hampton Court Palace

Centuries of ghosts and grim tales

Tudor food and eating

Royal food and table manners at the Tudor court

Tower of London Prison

It is known as an infamous prison, but it wasn't built to be one

The Tower's Mint

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

The Ceremony of the Keys

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

Sir Walter Raleigh

This wild spirit found himself caged at the Tower of London

John Blanke

A black musician at the Tudor court

Jewish Medieval History at the Tower of London

The Tower of London holds a principal place in the complex story of England's Medieval Jewish community.