Secrets Of Windsor Castle
A THOUSAND YEARS OF ROYALTY
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51m
As all eyes turn to the historic town of Windsor where Prince George is starting his first term at Eton College, this True Royalty Original show explores the extraordinary history of Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world.
Host Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is joined by historians Dr Estelle Paranque and June Woolerton who reveal why Henry VIII didn’t get the magnificent tomb that he’d hoped for and why Oliver Cromwell who had previously imprisoned and executed King Charles I, still decided to give him a Christian burial at Windsor Castle.
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