The Tower of London: A Haunting History
A THOUSAND YEARS OF ROYALTY
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49m
In this Halloween special, this True Royalty Original show reveals all about the chilling history of the Tower of London. Most famous as the site where King Henry VIII executed not one, but two of his wives – the royal palace is also home to numerous unsolved mysteries from the lost Princes in the Tower who disappeared in 1438 to the Victorian apparition of a ‘phantom bear’ who is said to haunt the Tower grounds. Host Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is joined by historians Professor Kate Williams and June Woolerton who reveal what really happened to the Tower’s ill-fated prisoners.
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